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    This document summarizes Trompenaars' cultural dimensions model and compares Germany and China across several dimensions: Germany scores higher on universalism, focusing more on rules and procedures, while China scores higher on particularism and emphasizes relationships over rules. China also scores higher on affective culture, where emotions are discussed more openly, and diffuse culture, where there is less distinction between public and private spaces. China has a more ascription-based culture where connections and background are important, compared to Germany's achievement-based culture focused on performance.

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    This document summarizes Trompenaars' cultural dimensions model and compares Germany and China across several dimensions: Germany scores higher on universalism, focusing more on rules and procedures, while China scores higher on particularism and emphasizes relationships over rules. China also scores higher on affective culture, where emotions are discussed more openly, and diffuse culture, where there is less distinction between public and private spaces. China has a more ascription-based culture where connections and background are important, compared to Germany's achievement-based culture focused on performance.

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    This document summarizes Trompenaars' cultural dimensions model and compares Germany and China across several dimensions: Germany scores higher on universalism, focusing more on rules and procedures, while China scores higher on particularism and emphasizes relationships over rules. China also scores higher on affective culture, where emotions are discussed more openly, and diffuse culture, where there is less distinction between public and private spaces. China has a more ascription-based culture where connections and background are important, compared to Germany's achievement-based culture focused on performance.

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    Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions for Germany and

    China

    Universalism

    Particularism

    Germany

    China

    Universalism is the theory that procedures can be applied in any situations whereas
    particularism plays more emphasis on the situation in which the procedures are.
    China scores high on particularism as it is a culture which focuses more on
    relationship building than rules and regulations.
    One question asked to respondents to imagine they were in a car driven by their
    boss who was driving over the speed limit and consequently knocked a pedestrian
    over. They were asked if they would testify under oath that their boss was driving
    safely.
    In China, workers are more likely to assist members of their own group than German
    workers would.

    Individualism

    Communitarianism
    Germany China

    This is similar to Hofstede but Trompenaars uses the word communitarianism rather
    than collectivism because he looked at how people felt as part of a group. Germany
    and china are close in this category. This relates to how people work and think.
    Germany is more collective than other Westernised countries and there are
    similarities with China, but the method of working is different. Those in Germany are
    part of a machine and therefore work as individuals within a group, whereas
    Chinese workers are more team players who gain group approval.
    Neutral

    Affective

    Germany

    China

    This section is all about how people keep their emotions. In high emotional cultures,
    emotions are discussed openly and people often smile and talk with enthusiasm.
    China scores higher than Germany in this section. Chinese people, however display
    positive emotion even when they might not be feeling it! Germans are more
    introverted and do not see the need to bring emotion into situations.

    Specific

    Diffuse

    Germany

    China

    A specific culture is one in which people have large public space which they are
    happy to allow others into yet they keep a small area of privacy aside for closer
    friends. A diffuse culture is one where public and private space is similar in size and
    people guard their space. China has a diffuse culture where people are often invited
    into a persons open space and there is a strong separation of work and private life.
    Such people are not invited in quickly but one they are there they have access to
    private space as well.

    Achievement

    Germany

    Ascription

    China

    An achievement culture is based on how well someone performs whereas ascription


    is based more on the persons background, connections or what they do. In China,
    guanzxi plays a very important role in Chinese culture its not what you know but
    who you know!

    Luthans, F., and Doh, J., 2009. International Management. New York: McGraw-Hill

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