Cultures and organizations : software of the mind: intercultural cooperation and its importance for survival

A study of how the place where we grew up shapes the way we think, feel, and act - with new dimensions and perspectives. Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span, this title examines what drives people apart - when cooperation is so clearly in everyone's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hofstede, Geert , 1928- (Author), Hofstede, Gert Jan (Author), Minkov, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill , c2010
Edition:3rd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The rules of the social game
  • 2. Studying cultural differences
  • 3. More equal than others
  • 4. I, we and they
  • 5. He, She, and (S)he
  • 6. What is different is dangerous
  • 7. Yesterday, now, or later
  • 8. Light or dark?
  • 9. Pyramids, machines, markets, and families: organizing across nations
  • 10. The elephant and the stork: organizational cultures
  • 11. Intercultural encounters
  • 12. The evolution of cultures