Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
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...Collectivism, at the opposite pole from individualism, pertains to societies in which people from birth onwards are integrated into strong, cohesive ingroups which throughout a lifetime continue to protect them in exchange for unquestioning loyalty (Hofstede 1991, p. 51)....
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...Hofstede defines uncertainty avoidance as “. . . the extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by uncertain or unknown situations” (Hofstede 1991, p. 113)....
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...A broad cultural variable that may potentially influence SWB is individualism–collectivism (I–C; Triandis, 1989),which is also labeled independence–interdependence (Hofstede, 1980, 1991; Markus & Kitayama, 1991)....
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...Companies often establish start-ups hy sending over expatriates vî ho carefully select and hire employees from the local population (Hofstede, 1991) and gradually build up the business (Simmonds, 1990; Teece, 1982), alone or with a local partner with knowledge of local institutions, local business practices, and so on....
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