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Power Distance Index - Clearly Cultural

Hofstede's Power Distance Index measures the acceptance of unequal distribution of power in institutions and organizations. Germany scores 35 on the index, indicating some acceptance of power differences, but less than highly unequal countries like Arab nations which score 80. The United States scores 40, exhibiting a more unequal distribution of wealth than Germany. As time passes, the distance between the wealthy and poor seems to grow larger in the US.

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Power Distance Index - Clearly Cultural

Hofstede's Power Distance Index measures the acceptance of unequal distribution of power in institutions and organizations. Germany scores 35 on the index, indicating some acceptance of power differences, but less than highly unequal countries like Arab nations which score 80. The United States scores 40, exhibiting a more unequal distribution of wealth than Germany. As time passes, the distance between the wealthy and poor seems to grow larger in the US.

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Power Distance Index | Clearly Cultural

Clearly Cultural
Making Sense of Cross Cultural Communication

Power Distance Index

Hofstede s Power distance Index measures the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions

like the family

accept and

expect that power is distributed unequally

This represents inequality

more versus less

below

),

but defined from

not from above

a society s level of inequality is endorsed by the followers as much as by the leaders

It suggests that

. ,
Germany has a

For example

cultural scale of Hofstede s analysis

35

on the

Compared to Arab countries where the

Austria where it very low

(11),

power distance is very high Germany is somewhat in the middle

between the wealthy and the poor the opportunity to rise in society

(80)

and

Germany does not have a large gap

but have a strong belief in equality for each citizen

Germans have

On the other hand

the power distance in the United States scores a

40

on the cultural scale

States exhibits a more unequal distribution of wealth compared to German society seems that the distance between the

have

and

have nots

grows larger and larger

. .

The United

As the years go by it

Power Distance Index


Orientation

Individualism

Masculinity

Uncertainty Avoidance Index

Long Term

Power Distance Index

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1 20

21 40

41 60

61 80

81 100

101 120

Country

PDI

IDV

MAS

UAI

LTO

Malaysia

104 95 95 94 81 81 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 78 78 77 77 77 77 74 69 68

26 6 11 32 30 12 20 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 8 14 20 48 20 20 20 38 71

50 37 44 64 69 73 66 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 63 46 46 56 46 46 48 49 43

36 101 86 44 82 76 40 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 67 48 54 40 54 54 8 76 86
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Guatemala

Panama

Philippines

19

Mexico

Venezuela

China

118

Egypt

Iraq

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Ecuador

Indonesia

Ghana

16 61 16 16 48 65

India

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Brazil

France

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Hong Kong

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68 68 67 66 66 65 64 64 64 64 64 64 63 63 61 60 60 58 58 57 57 55 54 50 49 49 46

25 60 13 19 37 75 27 27 16 27 20 27 23 27 36 35 18 41 17 58 51 14 46 76 46 65 55

57 64 64 40 45 54 41 41 42 41 34 41 28 31 38 57 39 43 45 57 42 50 95 70 56 63 88

29 93 80 94 85 94 52 52 87 52 64 52 86 104 100 112 85 59 69 74 86 70 92 75 86 49 82

96

Poland

Colombia

El Salvador

Turkey

Belgium

Ethiopia

25 25

Kenya

Peru

Tanzania

25 56 25

Thailand

Zambia

Chile

Portugal

Uruguay

Greece

South Korea

75

Iran

Taiwan

87

Czech Republic

Spain

Pakistan

Japan

80

Italy

Argentina

South Africa

Hungary

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Jamaica

45 40 38 36 35 35 35 34 33 31 31 28 22 18 13 11

39 91 80 90 15 67 89 68 63 69 71 70 79 74 54 55

68 62 14 61 21 66 66 70 26 8 5 68 58 16 47 79

13 46 53 51 86 65 35 58 59 50 29 35 49 23 81 70 30 20 33 31 25 29 44 31

United States

Netherlands

Australia

Costa Rica

Germany

United Kingdom

Switzerland

Finland

Norway

Sweden

Ireland

New Zealand

Denmark

Israel

Austria

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