Hofstede's Six Cultural Dimensions—and Why They Matter
The study started as an examination of Hofstedes colleagues across IBMs offices around the world. Who Is Geert Hofstede? Geert Hofstede was asocial psychologistwho was born in 1928 in the Netherlands. d3sign/Moment/Getty Images World War II, a defining event in his life, began when he was 12. The Six Cultural Dimensions Hofstedes research helps people understand thedifferences between world culturesalong six dimensions. In High Power Distance cultures, on the other hand, inequality is the basis of society....