Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Opinion Paper

What do you make of Hofstede's cultural dimensions? Do you find them to be a useful tool in International Business? Between 1967 and 1973 Professor Geert Hofstede surveyed over 100,000 IBM employees in 49 different countries about their preferences in terms of work-related values. The result was a number of seminal works on cultural values and differences published during the 1980s and 1990s. These results have had a profound influence on the field and practice of international management. The …showed first 75 words of 1533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1533 total…What the Concept Owes to the OECD Research Policy: July 2004, Vol. 33, Issue 5, p 679, 12 p Shenkar, Oded. And Luo Yadong, International Business, John Wiley and Sons, 2004, Chapter 6 Thomas, D.C. (2002), Essentials of International Management: A Cross Cultural Perspective, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA Gooderham, Paul and Nordhaug, Odd, February 7, 2006, Are cultural differences in Europe on the decline?, De. Geert Hofstede® Cultural Dimensions, The International Business CENTER WEBSITE, visited, http://geert-hofstede.international-business-center.com/gooderham.shtml