Cross-Cultural Analysis

<p><b>Cross-Cultural Analysis</b> is the sequel to <i>Culture's Consequences</i> the classic work published by Geert Hofstede one of the most influential management thinkers in today's times. Hofstede's original work introduced a new research paradigm in cross-cultural analysis: studying cultural differences through nation-level dimensions (complex variables defined by intercorrelated items). This paradigm has been subsequently used by hundreds of prominent scholars all over the world and has produced solid results. </p><p>This new text takes the next step: It critically examines in one comprehensive volume the current prevalent approaches to cross-cultural analysis at the level of nations that have been developed since Hofstede's work offering students and researchers the theoretical and practical advantages and potential pitfalls of each method.</p><p>The book is structured into four distinct parts. Parts I and II focus on the main theoretical and statistical issues in cross-cultural analysis using Hofstede's approach and the different research methods now associated with it. Part II consists of presentations of all well-known (and some lesser known) large-scale cross-cultural studies since Hofstede's work that have explained cross-cultural variation in terms of dimensional models. Part III summarizes the main conclusions to be drawn from the presentations in Part II and l explains how the proposed models have contributed to our practical understanding of cross-cultural diversity. </p>