Comparing cultures : : dimensions of culture in a comparative perspective / / edited by Henk Vinken, Joseph Soeters and Peter Ester.

• Superior document: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; Volume 93
• TeilnehmendeR: Vinken, Henk,; Soeters, J.,; Ester, P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; Volume 93.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Culture explains much of the behavioral and institutional differences around the globe. In social science there are many ways of framing cultural diversities. This book brings together authors with a classic status in the field of comparative cultural studies on one overarching theme: what are the relevant differences and similarities of contemporary cultural dimensions with which countries, organizations, and people can be compared? This book is the first publication available in which the cultural divisions of the world are compared and confronted. In the first part of the book classic authors reflect on each others key work and assess the main overlap and distinction. The book next provides insight in frontline academic work from a wide range of countries and social science disciplines dealing with the classic status cultural dimensions aimed at addressing contemporary key issues.

Table of Contents

Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Culture's consequences revisited, Pieter J.D. Drenth -- 1. Cultures and dimensions. Classic perspectives and new opportunities in 'dimensionalist' cross-cultural studies, Henk Vinken, Joseph Soeters & Peter Ester -- 2. Dimensions of culture beyond Hofstede, Harry C. Triandis -- 3. Mapping and interpreting cultural differences around the world, Shalom H. Schwartz -- 4. Individualism, autonomy, self-expression, and human development, Ronald Inglehart & Daphna Oyserman -- 5. Methodological problems of value research, Wolfgang Jagodzinski -- 6. The structural roots of values. An anthropological interpretation of Hofstede's value dimensions -- Hans-Peter Müller & Patrick Ziltener -- 7. Cultural nationalism in Japan. A starting point for comparing cultures, Kazufumi Manabe, Henk Vinken & Joseph Soeters -- 8. Dimensions of culture in intra-cultural comparisons. Individualism/collectivism and family-related values in three generations, Gisela Trommsdorff, Boris Mayer & Isabelle Albert -- 9. A cross-cultural analysis of immigrant and host values and acculturation orientations, Karen Phalet & Marc Swyngedouw -- 10. Making maternity care work. The consequences of culture for health care systems, Raymond De Vries, Sirpa Wrede, Edwin Van Teijlingen, Cecilia Benoit & Eugene Declerq -- 11. The cultural relativity of employee empowerment. A comparative study in the European hotel industry, Antonios K. Klidas -- 12. Integrating the Hofstede dimensions and twelve aspects of negotiating behavior. A six country comparison, Lynn Metcalf & Allan Bird -- Epi-dialogue, Geert Hofstede -- References.