Cultural Dimensions – A New Tool

Improve Your Cross-Cultural Communication

This is a special note for all of you interested in cross-cultural communication or international business.

Have a look at this page on the Geert Hofstede website:

• Cultural Dimensions

This gives you a long list of countries with the scores on Geert Hulshof’s cultural behavior scales:

• Power Distance Index
• Individualism
• Masculinity
• Uncertainty Avoidance Index
• Long-Term Orientation

There is also a quick tool to compare cultural differences between two countries.

Are you an iPhone or iPod Touch user too?  Then have a look at this new download.

• Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions

Yes, Christmas has come and gone.  But I might not be the only one with a birthday coming up.

This little tool is definitely something worth investigating a bit more.

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• 7 Tips For Easy Cross-Cultural Encounters
• Avoid Acronyms For Better Cross-Cultural Communication
• Better Cross-Cultural Communication – Rephrase, Don’t Shout
• Cultural Dimensions – A New Tool

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