The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

“Securing effective communication and dealing with challenges to the status quo are central issues for the sustainable development of societal and organizational cultures,” the researchers explain. We want to maintain a knowledge advantage and/or avoid gaining any additional workload. ” Culture matters.

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Hofstede Edmondson Construction Innovation 139

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

The importance of organizational agility was reaffirmed in a second report , from the Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) Future Readiness Centre. It brings to mind the groundbreaking work of Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede. Organizational agility.

Company 129

Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 129

Leadership and Change

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Geert Hofstede, the Dutch culture researcher and one of my true gurus (I love his work) says: Culture reproduces itself. Lately, I discussed communication in my Personal Positive Power series to make a positive difference. But are you aware of how your communication is influenced by the culture you’re part of?

Hofstede 40

Hofstede Magazine Positioning Influence 40

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Cross-cultural analysts like Geert Hofstede have said that the biggest difference between the Nordics and other countries are their highly 'feminine' vs 'masculine' values. The Nordic executive team (mostly men) I worked with this week were fascinated by the Hofstede research. Pragmatic indeed.

Hofstede 14

Hofstede Cooper Leadership Styles Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

To measure the short-term orientation of a country, we gathered information on the cultural dimensions of the sample countries using information from Geert Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture. Our new research on the value of corporate purpose suggests that both law and culture are important.

Short-term 13

Short-term Company Hofstede Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

The uncertainty-avoidance measure was originally created by Geert Hofstede through a cultural survey of more than 100,000 IBM employees around the world and subsequently confirmed in additional global surveys. The cultural dimensions identified by Hofstede have been used by more than a 1,000 academic studies.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Innovation Hofstede Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

In particular, we looked at how different countries compared on 16 cultural values developed by psychologists Geert Hofstede and Shalom Schwartz, the GLOBE Project , and the World Values Survey. We tried to answer this by identifying the cultural values that prevailed in these ancestral countries.

Banking 14

Banking Sample Hofstede Chief Financial Officer 14