Leadership and Change

OCTOBER 5, 2017

I’ve introduced Geert Hofstede a couple of posts ago, so I’ll share a bit more about his work as an “in-between post” in my Personal Positive Power blog series. The post Hofstede Culture Dimensions appeared first on Leadership & Change Magazine. He researched national cultures and I admire his work.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

There are parallels here with Geert Hofstede’s work on power distance, with countries with a high power distance more likely to have such hierarchical barriers to speaking up as they support and accept strict status differences.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 13, 2013

In the 1970’s the Dutch psychologist Geert Hofstede developed a way of looking at cultural differences. One of his dimensions is the “ power distance index ”. It measures how differential members of a society are to those in positions of power. He produced a set of dimensions to explain how cultures vary from one another.

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Leadership and Change

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Lately, I discussed communication in my Personal Positive Power series to make a positive difference. Geert Hofstede, the Dutch culture researcher and one of my true gurus (I love his work) says: Culture reproduces itself. But are you aware of how your communication is influenced by the culture you’re part of?

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

“If a company is willing to learn from other sectors then that is really powerful.” It brings to mind the groundbreaking work of Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

But the real culprit is the cultural phenomenon of how power is used in ways endemic to her region. In many Asian-headquartered corporations, this expression of power stomps flat the multi-level relationships and open communication required for innovation. Professor Geert Hofstede calls the phenomenon " power distance."

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Geert Hofstede, in Cultures and Organizations , discusses five dimensions of national culture. Hofstede also points out that cultures vary in their acceptances of differences in power. One of them is whether a culture is more individualistic or collectivistic. Great Britain, and the Scandinavian countries.

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