GLOBE’s cultural dimensions
The degree to which a collective encourages and rewards (and should encourage and reward) group members for performance improvement and excellence.
Performance Orientation
The degree to which individuals are (and should be) assertive, confrontational, and aggressive in their relationship with others.
Assertiveness
The extent to which individuals engage (and should engage) in future‐oriented behaviors such as planning, investing in the future, and delaying gratification.
Future Orientation
The degree to which a collective encourages and rewards (and should encourage and reward) individuals for being fair, altruistic, generous, caring, and kind to others.
Humane Orientation
The degree to which organizational and societal institutional practices encourage and reward (and should encourage and reward) collective distribution of resources and collective action.
Institutional Collectivism
The degree to which individuals express (and should express) pride, loyalty, and cohesiveness in their organizations or families.
In‐Group Collectivism
The degree to which a collective minimizes (and should minimize) gender inequality
Gender Egalitarianism
The extent to which the community accepts and endorses authority, power differences, and status privileges
Power Distance
The extent to which a society, organization, or group relies (and should rely) on social norms, rules, and procedures to alleviate unpredictability of future events. The greater the desire to avoid uncertainty, the more people seek orderliness, consistency, structure, formal procedures, and laws to cover situations in their daily lives
Uncertainty Avoidance
10 societals clusters as per GLOBE
Denmark
Finnland
Sweden
Nordic
Canada
USA
Australia
Ireland
England
Sout Africa (White Sample)
New Zealand
Anglo
Austria
The Netherlands
Switzerland (German Speaking)
Germany
Germanic
Israel
Italy
Switzerland (French Speaking)
Spain
Portugal
France
Latin European
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Zambia
Nigeria
South Africa (Black Sample)
African
Greece
Hungary
Albania
Slovenia
Poland
Russia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Eastern European
Turkey
Kuwait
Egpt
Morocco
Qatar
Middle Eastern
Singapore
Hong Kong
Taiwan
China
South Korea
Japan
Confucian
Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
India
Thailand
Iran
Sotheast Asian
Ecuador
El Salvador
Columbia
Bolivia
Brazil
Guatemala
Argentina
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Mexico
Latin America
the ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members
Leadership
What is good leadership?
Identify what people motivate
Motivation factors
Money
Responsibilty
trust
Support
negotiation
Force
How does national culture influence the kinds of leadership expected in a society?
Dimensions of leadership:
The ability to inspire, motivate, and expect high performance outcomes from others
Effective team building & implementation of a common purpose among team members
Involving others in making and implementing decisions
Supportive and considerate leadership that includes compassion and generosity
Independent and individualistic leadership
Ensuring the safety and security of the individual and group through status enhancement and face saving
Societal clusters and leadership styles
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