Hofstede’s six dimensions of culture 2

Summary: 

The hypothesis depends on the thought that esteem can be put upon six cultural dimensions. These are power (fairness versus disparity), cooperation (versus independence), vulnerability shirking (versus instability resilience), manliness (versus gentility), fleeting introduction, and liberality (versus restriction). Hofstede assembled the greater part of his information on world cultural values through surveys conducted by IBM, a US-based innovation and counseling firm. He then proposed a scoring system using a scale from 1 to 120.
1.Power Distance (PDI)

The path of how power is divided and the scope to which the less powerful accept that power is divided unevenly.

For example, Russia has a score of 93% power distance while Ireland has a score of 28%.

Power Distance Index

2.Individualism versus Collectivism

There are two essential methods for comprehension the relationship between people in a society.

Individualism:- The main way is independence, which expresses that every individual is following up on his or her own, settling on their own decisions and everyone has a right to private life with “I” mentality.

Collectivism:- it sees the society as the essential element, they care for others, for their families and mentality country with “We” mentality.

Such as, the USA they have 25% of individualism while China and Africa West have 20%.

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3.Masculinity versus Femininity 

Masculinity: is the sign which confirm ambition, is a set of attributes, behaviors and roles generally connected with boys and men. It is a mix of socially-defined and biological factors.

. Femininity: is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles mostly connected with girls and women. Femininity is socially constructed.

For instance, Greece has a score of 112% in uncertainty avoidance while China has a score of 30%.

Masculinity

4.Uncertainty avoidance (UAI)

A country wherein outcome and situation are unknown or changeable. Moreover, doubt avoiding cultures seek to lower the possibility of such state of affairs by tough laws and rules, safety and security measures, , and on the philosophical and religious level by faith in whole Truth; ‘there must be one Truth, and we have it.’

For example, Japan has 95 percent of masculinity while Netherlands has a score of 14 percent.

Uncertainty Avoidance

5.Long-term versus short-term orientation

Long-term orientation is when you are focused on the future. You are willing to delay short-term to prepare for the future. If you have this cultural perspective, you value persistence, constancy, sparing and having the capacity to adjust.

Short-term orientation is when you are focused on the present or past and consider them more important than the future. If you have a short-term orientation, you value tradition, the current social hierarchy and satisfying your social commitments. You think more about prompt delight than long haul satisfaction.
1)Long term orientation

– persistence

– thrift

2)Short-term orientation
– personal steadiness and stability

For instance, Africa West has a sore 9% in long-term orientation. However, Japan has a score of 88%.

Long-Term Orientation

6.Indulgence versus Restraint 

Indulgence stays for an overall population that lets respectable free joy of major and typical human pushes related to acknowledging life and having an incredible time. Constraint stays for an overall population that smothers fulfillment of necessities and controls it by strategy for strict social gauges. Confinement stays for an overall population that thrashings joy in regards to needs and controls it by technique for strict social standards.

For instance, Russia and Romania have a score of 20% in indulgence while Africa West has a score of 78%.

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HIGH AND LOW CONTEXT CULTURES

WRITE H or L next to these descriptors

1. Strong sense of insiders and outsiders (high)
2. Specific information exists (low)
3. Informal (low)
4. Team and family activities preferred (High)
5. Focus on results (low)
6. Transparency expected (low)
7. A lot of confidential information (high)
8. Rules and regulations are easily accessible (low)
9. Close personal relationships (high)
10. General information (high)
11. Elders/authoritative figures in control (high)
12. “Have a go at it” philosophy (low)
13. Individual responsibility (low)
14. Concerned about ‘losing’ face. (high)
15. Expertise valued (low)
16. Who you know is important (high)
17. Focus on task (High)
18. Emphasis on words and text (low)
19. Strong sense of family (high)
20. What you know is important (low)
21. Gender roles clearly defined (high)
22. Polite people admired (high)
23. Reserved (high)
24. Individual freedom valued (low)
25. Strong sense of honour (high)
26. Short term relationships (low)
27. Process more important than product (high)
28. Privacy (even when dealing with one’s own family) highly valued
29. Public admission of wrongdoing expected. (High)
30. Strong sense of respect (high)
31. Better response to visual information (high)
32. Gender roles less fixed (Low)
33. No direct eye contact (high)
34. Strong sense of fairness (low)
35. Verbal agreements (high)
36. Values logic over feeling (low)
37. Very rare marriage with outsiders (high)
38. Clear division of responsibilities at work (low)
39. Written contracts (low)
40. Public criticism insulting (high)

Choose from three of the sentences in the document that represent you personality and explain why:

1.Team and family activities preferred:
I like to work with the group because I’m the social figure, and I like to share people my information. and I love my family, we always doing gathering family. I enjoy with this.

2. Direct communication:

I like to contact with people direct, because when I see the people I know what he mean and he know what I mean, also to avoid a problem with a wrong message.

3.Rules and regulations:

I am extremely sorted out, I like to be on time and complete my work regulated and on time which drives me to take after the principles.

Advertising in the UAE

1-clothes: don’t wear nude clothes.

2- Islamic religion: they must follow Islamic law and they should avoid any advertisement that is related to religion.

3- food: don’t use pig pictures because that does not follow our religion.
4- Drinks:  avoid to use  alcohol in the advertising.

Culture Clash

2- they should build a good relationship between them, to get a good work. However, In American culture yesterday means to finish work quickly because time is money.
3- I think it is not good to talk about work in the party. because this is not the time for work and also the place it will be annoyed so they will not focus on work.
4-That is good and I agree with the manager, the employee should be more committed to their work.
5-she should be more focused in her work to don’t be late for other companies they work with them, that will be effect for them and will lose reputation.
6- I think it okay, but may be in Chinese that is rude. so Chinese people should know other people they don’t know about their culture.

Culture shock (Questions)

 

If I was going to live in another country like the USA, I will miss a lot of think in UAE. I will miss my family, friends, my home. I will really miss our food. Also, I will miss the safe because they have a lot of crime.

The might culture shock for me it will be the habits and impression of people, and if I see some shooting I will be in shock.

I will find Arab people to sit with them, I think they will changing my shock. and also, I will make friendship with UK people to can get used to them. Also, I will read more about USA culture and their people.

Culture shock 2

Intern	Host Country	Comments
Megan	Ghana	people nice She was in honeymoon
Sasha	Sweden	after few weeks, she starting miss her home, family and friend.
Trish	Scotland	bawling and laughing
Janna	Costa Rica	she was excited love the culture then hate