September 9, 2010

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Book Review: Geert Hofstede – Cultures and Organizations

In Book Reviews, Pseudo-Academic on April 2, 2009 at 8:53 am

Brandon Ching
3/17/09

Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G. J., & Hofstede, G. (2004). Cultures and Organizations: Software of
the Mind. McGraw-Hill.

Geert and Gert Hofstedeʼs book, Cultures and Organization: Software of the Mind, is an incredibly thorough and thought provoking analysis of cultural differences
and behavior within the contexts of organizations and groups. Based on original and associated research in a number of countries around the world, the Hofstedeʼs
addresses the impact of five core measures of cultural dimensions and uses them as explanatory means of national behavior and relations. Read the rest of this entry »