Avoiding uncertainty in Hofstede and GLOBE

Venaik, Sunil; Brewer, Paul

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“…Archives of Business Research (ABR) Vol.5, Issue 2, February-2017 The Global Innovation Index (GII) project [19] was launched to find metrics, measurements and approaches to capture the whole picture of innovation in society. The GII integrates information from the World Bank, UNESCO, and other sources.…”

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Country Culture and National Innovation

Khan

Cox

2017

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Innovation, the implementation of creative ideas, is not only vital to growth but also to survival as companies and nations must innovate to compete in a rapidly changing global economy. Researchers are just beginning to understand the relationship between country culture and innovation. In a number of studies, cultural dimensions have correlated significantly with measures of innovation and creativity. However, it is difficult to compare findings across studies as multiple frameworks have been used to operationalize culture. Likewise, measures of innovation vary widely across studies. This paper proposes using a new index, the Global Innovation Index (GII), and Hofstede's cultural dimensions to explore the relationships between country culture and innovation. We begin with definitions and a discussion of innovation and national culture. Then, measures of national culture, innovation, and creativity are critically discussed, and followed by a review of existing research on country culture and innovation. Hypotheses are proposed and tested using Hofstede's dimensions and the Global Innovation Index. Our results indicate support for four out of the six hypotheses and suggest that innovative societies are characterized by the following cultural values: individualism, low masculinity, pragmatism, and indulgence.

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“…The same reality analyzed through the lenses of different models might yield different results (Venaik and Brewer, 2010). Hence, an excessive usage of Hofstede (1980) may also bias the research as the five cultural dimensions advanced are arguably overly simplistic (Kirkman et al, 2006).…”

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“…Hence, an excessive usage of Hofstede (1980) may also bias the research as the five cultural dimensions advanced are arguably overly simplistic (Kirkman et al, 2006). The inclusion of a somewhat more qualitative analysis or the complimentary usage of two or more models could arguably allow a better understanding of how specific cultural features impact firms (Venaik and Brewer, 2010). In fact, it might be worth considering alternative cultural taxonomies and consider additional cultural dimensions, perhaps such as those included in House et al (2004).…”

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“…GLOBE Project comprises nine dimensions that were quantitatively measured: (1) Uncertainty avoidance, (2) Power distance, (3) Collectivism I: Societal emphasis on collectivism, (4) Collectivism II: Family collectivistic practices, (5) Gender egalitarianism, (6) Assertiveness, (7) Future orientation, (8) Performance orientation, and (9) Humane orientation. Moreover, GLOBE assesses both actual societal practices ("As is") and values ("Should be") (Venaik and Brewer, 2010). Notwithstanding, reviews by and noted that virtually all later models of culture have included Hofstede's cultural dimensions.…”

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Um estudo bibliométrico dos modelos culturais na pesquisa em negócios internacionais

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Culture and the influence of national cultures and cultural differences have been widely studied in International Business (IB) research especially over the past three decades. To better understand what culture actually means and its implications on firms' international operations, several cultural models and taxonomies have been put forward. In this paper we review the main cultural models in the extant IB research -Hofstede's (1980), Hall's (1976) and Troompenaars Kogut andSingh's (1988) concept of cultural distance. In a bibliometric study of over 3,600 articles published in seven top ranked journals for IB research, we examine citations and co-citations to assess the relative use of the cultural models and the ties binding authors and theories studied. This study offers a wealth of information on the current state of IB-related research using culture that may be used to better understand the intellectual structure of the sub-field of cultural issues in IB studies but also to identify gaps for future inquiry. The results help setting a profile of the network of knowledge and permit us to conclude that Hofstede's (1980) taxonomy on cultural characteristics is the most cited cultural taxonomy and holds ties to many of the core streams of IB-related research. In fact, despite the well-known criticisms, there is an increasing use of Hofstede's dimensions.Key words: Cultural models, Hofstede, Trompenaars, Hall, review, bibliometric study. RESUMOA cultura e a influência das culturas nacionais e das diferenças culturais têm sido amplamente estudadas em Negócios Internacionais (NI), particularmente ao longo das últimas três décadas. Para compreender melhor o que cultura realmente significa e quais as implicações nas operações internacionais das empresas, vários modelos e taxonomias têm sido apresentados. Neste artigo revemos três principais modelos culturais na pesquisa em NI -Hofstede (1980), Hall (1976 e Troompenaars (1993) -e o conceito de distância cultural de Kogut e Singh (1988). Num estudo bibliométrico de mais de 3.600 artigos publicados em sete periódicos altamente conceituados para pesquisa em NI, examinamos citações e co-citações para aferir o uso relativo dos modelos culturais e os laços interligando autores e teorias. Este estudo oferece uma colectânea de informações sobre o estado atual da pesquisa em NI que se debruça sobre cultura, que podem ser usadas para melhor compreender a estrutura intelectual do tópico de assuntos culturais em estudos de NI, mas também para identificar lacunas para futura investigação. Os resultados ajudam a traçar o perfil da rede de conhecimento e permite-nos concluir que a taxonomia das características culturais de Hofstede (1980) é a taxonomia cultural mais citada e está interli- NUNO ROSA REIS

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“…In a recent publication, Venaik and Brewer (2010) turn to Maslow's (1943) hierarchy of needs to provide another explanation of negative value-practice correlations. Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory ranks needs from basic, such as physiological, to higher-level ones, such as self-esteem and self-actualization.…”

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Negative practice–value correlations in the GLOBE data: Unexpected findings, questionnaire limitations and research directions

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Abstract:The study of culture and cultural values continues to be hotly debated among cross-cultural researchers worldwide. Starting with the seminal work of Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, and Hofstede, and continuing with more recent efforts, researchers have continued to develop and empirically examine cultural value frameworks in an attempt to understand how cultural differences affect work-related behaviors and attitudes. The purpose of this commentary is to briefly describe the interesting -and counterintuitive -findings from the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) project, summarize the different interpretations of these findings offered by Maseland and van Hoorn, and by Brewer and Venaik, provide a critique of their arguments, and finally offer a list of possible alternative interpretations and explanations for the conflicting findings in the GLOBE study.GLOBE | Hofstede | cross-cultural research/measurement issues | cultural values | Keywords: cultural value frameworks | work attitudes | business management | international business Article:The study of culture and cultural values continues to be hotly debated among cross-cultural researchers worldwide. Starting with the seminal work of Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck (1961) and Hofstede (1980), researchers have continued to develop and empirically examine cultural value frameworks in an attempt to understand how cultural differences affect work-related behaviors and attitudes. One of the most recent attempts to create a comprehensive framework to understand cultural values and their effects has been the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) study (House, Hanges, Javidan, Dorfman, & Gupta, 2004). Recently, Maseland and van Hoorn (2009), in their research note published in this journal and revisited in this issue (Maseland & van Hoorn, 2010), and Brewer and Venaik (2010) offered competing explanations for some of the more intriguing findings in the GLOBE study. The purpose of this commentary is to briefly describe the interesting -and counterintuitive -findings from the GLOBE project, summarize the different interpretations of these findings offered by Maseland and van Hoorn (2010) and Brewer and Venaik (2010), and consider possible alternative interpretations and explanations for the conflicting findings in the GLOBE study. The GLOBE StudyAmong the many attempts to measure the cultures of the world (e.g., Hofstede, 1980;Schwartz, 1992;Smith, Dugan, & Trompenaars, 1996), the GLOBE study (House et al., 2004) is one of the most recent, ambitious, and comprehensive efforts. Methodologically, the GLOBE study is very similar to other cultural comparison studies, in that all of them measure culture using a series of self-report survey questions with Likert-type response scales. Nevertheless, the GLOBE study is unique in one important way, in that it measures cultural values and cultural practices separately, and thus provides two different sets of cultural indices.

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Avoiding uncertainty in Hofstede and GLOBE

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Um estudo bibliométrico dos modelos culturais na pesquisa em negócios internacionais

Negative practice–value correlations in the GLOBE data: Unexpected findings, questionnaire limitations and research directions

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