Understanding Hofstede Cultural Dimension and Its Impact on Society

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Hofstede cultural dimension is basically the framework which stresses upon
understanding the different cultural values across different countries and its effects on society.
The main purpose of this study is to understand Hofstede model and its dimension to depth and
hence gain an in-depth knowledge of its constraints.
This report gives a brief about Hofstede cultural model, personal opinion and suggestions
for improvement.
MAIN BODY
Hofstede cultural model
Hofstede culture dimension is basically the framework which is mainly used for
understanding the cross-cultural differences in different countries and thus concerns with the way
in which business in conducted across various cultures. This articles has incorporated the four
different cultural dimension which has been identified by Hofstede and which have a profound
and deepest impact on business environment (Beugelsdijk, Kostova and Roth, 2017). The four
dimensions mentioned in this article are
Individualism and collectivism
This dimension mainly consist of the fact that how much people of a particular culture
are are self-oriented and what their behaviour reflects. The individual culture mainly have high
value on the individual achievement as well as self-interest (Khlif, 2016). Collectivism culture is
the dimension which mainly focusses on working towards the goals as well as group harmony.
Power distance
This dimension generally stresses upon the power inequality and discrimination between
superiors as well as subordinates. For example- US have high as well as low power culture and
the culture having high power distance are more likely to be hierarchical (Favaretto and
et.al.,2016).
Uncertainty avoidance
This dimension of the model explains how the society members respond and react to
ambiguity as well as uncertainty. Mostly the cultures which have high scores on this dimension
are more likely to avoid and prevent risk-taking (Beugelsdijk and Welzel, 2018). Organizations
having this culture have a large number of rules for preventing employees to deviate from their