Gerard Hendrik Hofstede is an influential Dutch author exploring the intricate interactions between national and organizational cultures. His seminal work investigates how national and regional cultural groupings profoundly affect societal and organizational behaviors, demonstrating their remarkable persistence over time. Hofstede's study offers deep insights into how these cultural distinctions shape our social and professional worlds. His approach provides readers with a key to understanding the complex cultural dynamics that influence both organizations and entire communities.
A guidebook book to Hofstede's five dimensions of culture (power distance, collectivism versus individualism, femininity versus masculinity, uncertainty avoidance and long term versus short term orientation) and derivative synthetic cultures. It provides more than 75 exercises, dialogues, stories and simulations for trainers, educators, and students.
Software of the mind : intercultural cooperation and its importance for survival
A study of how the place where we grew up shapes the way we think, feel, and act - with new dimensions and perspectives. Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span, this title examines what drives people apart - when cooperation is so clearly in everyone's interest.