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Title: Cultures Consequences : International Differences in Work-Related Values by Geert Hofstede ISBN: 0-8039-1306-0 Publisher: Sage Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $56.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An International Manager's Must
Comment: If you need to learn about various cultures for different countries, this book is THE source. Hofstede's groundbreaking work is internationally recognized. Although the study was done in the late 1960's - early 1970's, the information is still relevant and interesting. For anyone who has to spend time in another country, they would be doing themselves a favor by getting a hold of this book. The only problem with this book is that it is not one of the easiest reads I've ever seen by far. To his credit however, he provides lots of tables and charts for the person who typically scans material. A must have for expatriates or those seeking an MBA.
Rating: 5
Summary: His worldwide scope and rigorous method are fascinating.
Comment: I have never seen elsewhere a survey with such a well-constructed methodology and world-wide scope. If you can wade through (or bleep over) the methodology, you'll be impressed at the ways the cultures of the 40 countries covered resemble and differ from each other. One of my all-time favorites.
Rating: 5
Summary: The seminal work on cross-cultural management.
Comment:
The scope of Hofstede's study (more than 100,000 surveys in 60+ countries) has been called "vast" and "staggering": it certainly stands as the largest cross-cultural values survey in history.
More importantly, the book has changed the way that management and psychology researchers look at cross-cultural (or cross- national) comparisons. By providing four dimensions of culture (individualism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity) and numerical scores, he has both provided a theory for differences between national cultures and a way to cross-check those differences.
It is one of the most cited works in international management (1000+ citations according to Songergaard in a 1994 article in Organization Studies).
Those with a non-academic interests (i.e., those involved in
international trade) may be better off with his more readable
1991 book, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind.
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Title: Cultures and Organizations, Software of the Mind: Intercultural Cooperation and its Importance for Survival by Geert Hofstede ISBN: 0070293074 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Culture's Consequences : Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations by Geert Hofstede ISBN: 0803973241 Publisher: Sage Publications Pub. Date: 08 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Riding The Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business by Charles Hampden-Turner, Fons Trompenaars ISBN: 0786311258 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Beyond Culture by Edward T. Hall ISBN: 0385124740 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 October, 1971 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories, and Synthetic Cultures by Gert Jan Hofstede, Paul B. Pedersen, Geert Hofstede ISBN: 1877864900 Publisher: Intercultural Press Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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