Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across NationsSAGE Publications, 2001 M04 20 - 616 pages Geert Hofstede has completely rewritten, revised and updated Culture's Consequences for the twenty-first century, he has broadened the book's cross-disciplinary appeal, expanded the coverage of countries examined from 40 to more than 50, reformulated his arguments and a large amount of new literature has been included. The book is structured around five major dimensions: power distance; uncertainty avoidance; individualism versus collectivism; masculinity versus femininity; and long term versus short-term orientation. |
Contents
1 Values and Culture | 1 |
2 Data Collection Treatment and Validation | 41 |
3 Power Distance | 79 |
4 Uncertainty Avoidance | 145 |
5 Individualism and Collectivism | 209 |
6 Masculinity and Femininity | 279 |
7 Long Versus ShortTerm Orientation | 351 |
8 Cultures in Organizations | 373 |
Appendix 2 | 475 |
Appendix 3 | 483 |
Appendix 4 | 491 |
Appendix 5 | 499 |
Appendix 6 | 503 |
Appendix 7 | 521 |
Appendix 8 | 523 |
References | 525 |
9 Intercultural Encounters | 423 |
10 Using Culture Dimension Scores in Theory and Research | 461 |
Appendix 1 | 467 |
About the Author | 596 |
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