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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, Third Edition Author: Hofstede, Geert,Hofstede, Geert,Hofstede, Gert J

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Mental software inherited from culture shapes how societies organize power, identity, gender, and moral certainty across every human institution.

Sex: Present
Work: Primary
Learning: Present
Religion: Present

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obedience-and-authority

People in collectivist societies make exclusionist distinctions: the in-group, which includes the ego, is opposed to all out-groups.
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In countries with strong uncertainty avoidance, there tend to be more—and more precise—laws than in those with weak uncertainty avoidance.
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ambition-and-status

Low UAI means willingness to run unfamiliar risks, and high MAS reflects the importance of visible results. Both are components of entrepreneurial activity in the American tradition.
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The value choice between reward for the strong and solidarity with the weak is reflected in the share of the national budget spent on development assistance.
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self-and-identity

She could not get beyond the idea that when the dancer and Gert Jan talked music, they must mean African tam-tam.
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In Eastern thinking the search for Virtue is key. In Western thinking Virtue is secondary to Truth.
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