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4. Studies on Culture in Management

  • Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Theory:

    • Influential framework based on a survey of IBM employees in over 70 countries.
    • Identified five key dimensions:
      • Power Distance: High in India, Mexico; Low in Denmark, Austria.
      • Individualism/Collectivism: High in the United States, Australia; Low in Guatemala, Ecuador.
      • Masculinity/Femininity: High in Japan, Mexico; Low in Sweden, Norway.
      • Uncertainty Avoidance: High in Greece, Japan; Low in Singapore, Sweden.
      • Long-Term Orientation: High in China, Japan; Low in Pakistan, Nigeria.
  • GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness):

    • Comprehensive model including dimensions like performance orientation, humane orientation, and institutional collectivism.
    • Based on data collected from managers in over 60 countries.
  • Trompenaars' Cultural Dimensions:

    • Focuses on relationships, time, and the environment.
    • Identifies dimensions like universalism vs. particularism, individualism vs. collectivism, neutral vs. affective, specific vs. diffuse.
  • Hall's High-Context and Low-Context Cultures:

    • Distinguishes between cultures that rely heavily on implicit communication (high-context) and those that rely more on explicit communication (low-context).
      • High-Context: Japan, China (rely heavily on nonverbal cues and context)
      • Low-Context: United States, Germany (rely more on explicit verbal communication)
  • Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's Value Orientations:

    • Focuses on how different cultures answer fundamental questions about human existence (relationships between humans and nature, human nature, time orientation).