also helpful to manage their foreigner employees. To clearly classify the difference between China and American‚ Hofstede’ four cultural dimensions will be used including Power Distance‚ Individualism/Collectivism‚ Masculinity/Femininity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance and Long Term Orientation. Five cultural dimensions of Hofstede are used to measure the
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explores how Greeks and American handle the cultural conflicts‚ and how they integrate into each other’s culture. Therefore‚ we will arrange the paper in three dimensions of Hofstede’s theory: individualism vs. collectivism‚ power distance and uncertainty avoidance. 1. Individualism vs Collectivism The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding reveals the sharp contrast between American individualism and Greek collectivism. From Hofstede’s research into culture differences among 50 countries and 3 regions‚ the
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as Colombia and China; each individual needs to understand the other culture in order to facilitate effective and respectful communication. As Geert Hofstede (2001) explained‚ culture is comprised of power distance‚ individualism‚ masculinity‚ uncertainty
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anthropological problem areas that different national societies handle differently: ways of coping with inequality‚ ways of coping with uncertainty‚ the relationship of the individual with her or his primary group‚ and the emotional implications of having been born as a girl or as a boy. These became the Hofstede dimensions of national culture: Power Distance‚ Uncertainty Avoidance‚ Individualism versus Collectivism‚ and Masculinity versus Femininity.
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degree of power distance accept a hierarchical order‚ and have top down decision making. In cultures with low power distance‚ individuals make every effort to equalise the spreading of power and demand justification for inequalities of power. Uncertainty
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standards. Different nations have entirely separate sets of values so some countries might be offended that they have to change their standards to comply with the harmonization rules. Gray hypothesizes that the higher a country ranks on uncertainty avoidance and long-term orientation‚ and the lower it ranks in terms of individualism and masculinity‚ then the more likely it is to ranks in terms of conservatism. This brings up the point that some countries are more conservative than others due
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Culture‚ in my own opinion‚ is a unique system of values and norms that are believed by a group of people who live in the same society. Since culture is unique‚ Geert Hofstede tried to study the differences. After the study‚ he proposed five dimensions to measure the cultural difference between nations. The following parts will explain Hofstede Framework briefly. The first dimension is Power Distance. It is a tool to measure the power difference between levels in organization. In a group with high
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countries is 71. The second highest Hofstede ranking for Indonesia is Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) at 48‚ compared to the greater Asian average of 58 and a world average of 64. This reflects a more moderated influence of this Dimension within the Indonesian society. Generally‚ a high Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) indicates the society’s low level of tolerance for uncertainty. In an effort to minimize or reduce this level of uncertainty‚ strict rules‚ laws‚ policies‚ and regulations are adopted and implemented
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INTRODUCTION 3 {text:list-item} {text:list-item} 2.0 HOFSTEDE FIVE CULTURAL DIMENSIONS 4-5 2.1 Power Distance 4-5 2.1.2 Power Distance in USA 5 2.1.3 Power Distance in Indonesia 5 2.2 Individualism vs Collectivism 6-7 2.4 Uncertainty Avoidance 8-9 4.0 DE MOOJI RESEARCH 10-11 4.2 Application on Mooji’s Research to China 11 5.0 THE IMPORTANT OF CHINESE LANGUAGE 11-12 *6.0 Impact on Companies Intending to Enter China* 12 *7.0 Changes in Trend in the Future* 12-13 8
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Assess to what extent differing national cultures are relevant to an understanding of the reasons for accounting differences‚ and therefore to the process of classification of countries. 12/11/2008 ABSTRACT Culture was broadly ignored and was flooded in the concept of environmental factors influencing the accounting changes. However‚ research has shown that culture had a huge role in accounting development and changes. In this essay‚ we are going to develop Gray’s theory about the relationship
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