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CULTURAL
CONTEXT
0F IHRM

The GLOBE CULTURE

DIMENSIONS:
Definition of culture:
Institutional Collectivism
Social and cultural factors affect the In-Group Collectivism
international HRM. and the thought and
Uncertainty Avoidance
behaviour patterns that member of a
Introductions society learns through language and other Power Distance
to cross- forms of symbolic interaction. Gender Egalitarianism
cultural Assertiveness
managmenet Performance Orientation
research Humane Orientation
Schein’s concept
of culture: KLUCKHOHN & HANSEN'S 4 ELEMENTS
KROEBER DEF OF OF CULTURE:
1. Artfacts CULTURE 1. Standardization of
communication
The first CROSS-CULTURAL 2. Values . Thinking 2. Standazation of
contributions to MANAGEMENT 3. Underlying thought
cross-cultural . Feeling
STUDIES: assumptions 3. Standardization of
research were . Reacting feeling Trompenaars and
Cross-cultural Hampden-Turner The cultural
made in the early 4. Standardization of
management behavior dimensions of study: dimensions by
1960s
studies aim to 1. Universalism vs. Hall and Hall:
describe and Particularism 1. High vs. Low
compare the 2. Individualism vs. Context
working behavior Communitarianism Communication
in vari- SCHEIN'S UNDERLYING 3. Emotional vs.
ASSUMPTIONS:
Neutral
2. Spatial
ous cultures. 1. Nature of reality & orientation
truth 4. Specific vs diffuse
2. time dimension 5. Ascription vs.
3. Monochrome
3. Effect of spatial Achievement vs. polychrome
proximity & distance concept of time
6. Sequential vs.
4. nature of bieng human Synchronic concept 4. Information
5. type of humen activity of 7. timeInternal vs. speed:
6. nature of human external control:
the goals of cross- HOSFTEDE'S relationships
cultural managment CULTURE
studies include: DIMENSIONS
1. Organizational 1. Power distance
behavior within
countries and 2. Uncertainty
cultures avoidance
2. Comparison of 3. Femininity vs
organizational
behavior between
masculinity
countries and 4. individualism
cultures vs collectivism
3. Explanation and
improvement of
5. Cocfucianism
interaction between or long-term
employees, oreintation
customers, suppliers
or business partners
from different
countries and
cultures

HOFSTEDE
Cultures that are Short-term classified RESEARCH
classified as long- cultures, on the SHOULD ALSO
term in this contrary, are
dimension are CONSEDER THSES
characterized by:
characterized by: ISSUES TODAY:
1. personal candor
1. great endurance and stability 1. Realization of
and/or persistence in intra-level studies
2. avoiding loss of
pursuing goals
face 2. Inclusion of
2. position of ranking
based on status
3. respect of social cross-cultural
and status differences
3. adaptation of obligations without
traditions to modern the consideration of 3. Inclusion of
conditions costs theoretically
. relevant
moderator
variables