Hofstede's Country Comparison Report: Australia, Singapore, and UAE

This report provides a comparative analysis of Australia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates based on Geert Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory. The report examines the countries across six dimensions: Power Distance, Individualism, Masculinity, Uncertainty Avoidance, Long Term Orientation, and Indulgence. Each dimension is defined, and the positions of the three countries are compared and contrasted, providing insights into their cultural differences and similarities. The report includes specific examples and references to support the analysis, and a graph summarizing the scores for each country across the dimensions. The report concludes by highlighting the implications of these cultural differences, offering a comprehensive overview of the cultural landscapes of the three countries and how they might affect business and other interactions.

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Hofstede’s Country Comparison
Report: For Australia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates
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Contents
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Power Distance.......................................................................................................................3
Australia..............................................................................................................................3
Singapore............................................................................................................................3
UAE....................................................................................................................................3
Individualism..........................................................................................................................3
Australia..............................................................................................................................3
Singapore............................................................................................................................3
UAE....................................................................................................................................3
Masculinity.............................................................................................................................4
Australia..............................................................................................................................4
Singapore............................................................................................................................4
UAE....................................................................................................................................4
Uncertainty Avoidance...........................................................................................................4
Australia..............................................................................................................................4
Singapore............................................................................................................................4
UAE....................................................................................................................................4
Long Term Orientation...........................................................................................................5
Australia..............................................................................................................................5
Singapore............................................................................................................................5
UAE....................................................................................................................................5
Indulgence..............................................................................................................................5
Australia..............................................................................................................................5
Singapore............................................................................................................................5
UAE....................................................................................................................................5

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Graph......................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................6

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Hofstede Country Comparison for Australia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates
Power Distance
(Hofstede 2019)
Australia
Organizations hierarchy in designations is made for convenience in work. Managers as well
as employees are consulted and information is distributed and shared. Informal
communication is used.
Singapore
Power is centralized. Employees are ordered to work. Indirect and formal Communication
style is used.
UAE
People follow a hierarchical order where there is a place for everybody and it requires no
further justification.
Individualism
(Hofstede 2019)
Australia
People take care of themselves and their own families. In business employees are supposed to
be self-reliable.
Singapore
People live in groups and look after each other (Fiske, Hodge and Turner 2016).
UAE

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The society exhibits strong relationships where everybody is responsible for each other
within a group.
Masculinity
(Hofstede 2019)
Australia
The society is competition driven. Achievement and success is important.
Singapore
It is low. Modesty and being humble is very important. Conflicts are always avoided.
UAE
Cannot be considered masculine or feminine
Uncertainty Avoidance
(Hofstede 2019)
Australia
Has an intermediate score, thus the extent of feeling threatened exhibited by a members of a
particular culture by unclear or unknown situations due to which they have formed certain
beliefs and institutions in order to be able to avoid these is fairly moderate here.
Singapore
People follow too many rules because of high PDI (Abdulla and Djebarni 2011).
UAE

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Arab Emirates scores have a high score in this spectrum and thus maintain inflexible codes of
belief as well as behaviour. They are also intolerant of any sort of unorthodox behaviour as
well as ideas.
Long Term Orientation
(Hofstede 2019)
Australia
The country has a normative culture. They have huge respect for traditions, very little
propensity for future. They also concentrate on accomplishing quick results.
Singapore
The score is quite high here, hence it is reflected that Singapore showcases cultural qualities
which are supportive to investment for a longer period like continuous hard work,
persistence, ordering relationship by status, using less resources, thrift and sense of shame.
UAE
No score is available.
Indulgence
(Hofstede 2019)
Australia
It is an Indulgent country. People show willingness to comprehend their impulses and desires.
Singapore
Singapore has an intermediate score in this zone.
UAE

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No score is available.
Graph
Power Distance
Individualism
Masculanity
Uncertainity Avoidance
Long Term Orientation
Indulgence
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References
Abdulla , Jassem , and Ramdane Djebarni. “Determinants of job satisfaction in the UAE: A
case study of the Dubai police.” Personnel Review 40, no. 1 (2011): 126-146.
Fiske, John , Bob Hodge, and Graeme Turner. Myths of Oz Reading Australian Popular
Culture. London: Routledge, 2016.
Hofstede. “COUNTRY COMPARISON.” Hofstede Insigts. 2019. https://www.hofstede-
insights.com/country-comparison/australia,singapore,the-united-arab-emirates/
(accessed January 18, 2019).