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five dimensions of culture

 
 
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author:
Hofstede, Geert
country:
Netherlands
period:
1980
type:
model
role:
change agent, coach, manager and trainer
activity:
analyse and reflect
topic:
leadership & management and culture & internationalisation
abstr. level:
environment
perspective:
sociopolitical
status:
final
module:
classics I
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description:

In the mid 1970's, the Dutch academic, Geert Hofstede, based his five dimensions of culture on an extensive survey at IBM in which he investigated the influence of national culture. His methodology was both unique in size as well in structure. He defined organisational culture is an idea system that is largely shared between organisational members. By filtering out IBM's dominant corporate culture...

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