What did GLOBE really measure? Researchers’ minds versus respondents’ minds

Geert Hofstede
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Geert Hofstede: CentER, University of Tilburg, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Journal of International Business Studies, 2006, vol. 37, issue 6, 882-896

Abstract: The GLOBE research program expanded the Hofstede model of five dimensions of national cultures to 18. A re-analysis based on GLOBE's 2004 summary book produced five meta-factors. One was significantly correlated with GNP/capita and, from the Hofstede dimensions, primarily with Power Distance. Three more correlated significantly with Hofstede's Individualism, Uncertainty Avoidance and Long-Term Orientation. The fifth included the few GLOBE questions that related to Hofstede's dimension of Masculinity versus Femininity. GLOBE's respondents’ minds classified the questions in a way that the researchers’ minds did not account for and which closely resembles the original Hofstede model. Journal of International Business Studies (2006) 37, 882–896. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400233

Date: 2006
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