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5 unusual facts about Geert Hofstede


Big Five personality traits

Recent work has found relationships between Geert Hofstede’s cultural factors, Individualism, Power Distance, Masculinity, and Uncertainty Avoidance, with the average Big Five scores in a country.

Geert Hofstede

He also received Honorary professorships of the The University of Hong Kong 1992–2000; the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China; and the Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.

His most notable work has been in developing cultural dimensions theory.

Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Research Project

The methodology was based in part on earlier work by Geert Hofstede.

Mitigated speech

Mitigated speech is a linguistic term describing deferential or indirect speech inherent in communication between individuals of perceived High Power Distance which has been in use for at least two decades with many published references.



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