The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Dutch social scientist Geert Hofstede famously developed the Power Dimension Index, which compares a number of characteristics that allows us to compare different cultures. Hofstede argued that these cultural differences can explain around half of the differences observed in how we react to various situations as managers.

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Hofstede Leadership Styles Environment Power 80

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 15, 2020

The researchers used Geert Hofstede’s invididualist-collectivist spectrum alongside data from the World Value Survey to gauge the response of countries to policy directives. For instance, when people expect treatment to be of poor quality, they tend to stay away from the facilities, and thus remain both untested and untreated.

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Hofstede Policies Loyalty Follow-up 124

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. Its opposite, femininity, stands for a preference for cooperation, modesty, caring for the weak and quality of life. Pragmatic indeed.

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Hofstede Cooper Leadership Styles Consensus 14