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Cross-Cultural Differences and Similarities - Coggle Diagram
Cross-Cultural Differences and
Similarities
Attitudinal Dimensions
Ronen & Kraut
Smallest space analysis (SSA)
Identify 5 country clusters
Ronen & Shenkar
Examine variables
in 4 categories
Importance of work goals
Need deficiency, fulfillment, and job satisfaction
Managerial and organizational variables
Work role and interpersonal orientation
GLOBE
Common language
Geography
Religion
Historical accounts
Other researchers have found other clusters
Trompenaars’s
Cultural Dimensions
Anglo cluster
Mostly individualism, specific relationship, universalism, neutral relationship, emotional relationship, achievement
Asian cluster
Mostly communitarianism, diffuse relationship, particularism, neutral relationship, ascription
Latin American cluster
Mostly individualism, diffuse relationship, particularism, neutral relationship, achievement, ascription
Latin-European cluster
Mostly communitarianism, specific rela, diffuse rela, universalism, emotional rela, ascription
Germanic cluster
Mostly communitarianism, specific rela, universalism, neutral rela, emotional rela, achievement
Parochialism/
Simplification
Parochialism
View world = own perspectives
Simplification
Exhibit same orientation toward
different cultural groups
Similarities across cultures
Not doing bussiness same way globally
Procedures & strategies need modifications
when adopted overseas
E.g.: Russia & U.S.
Difference across cultures
More differences than similarities
Wages, compensation, pay equity, maternity leave
Criteria important in evaluation
Cultural differences in IHRM