Name: Rane Dutcher

HOFSTEDE DIMENSION COMPARISON

Directions: For each dimension, compare the United States to the country
you are researching. Draw a conclusion about how the culture in your
country is different from the United States based on the information you
find.
DIMENSION 1: POWER DISTANCE INDEX (PDI)
1. Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, what this means.
- Power Distance is a countrys ability to accept unequal power.
2. What is the United States ranking? - 40
3. What is Japans ranking? - 54
4. Draw one conclusion about how the United States is different from
your country in this area. The United States is less likely to accept
an uneven distribution of power than Japan.
DIMENSION 2: INDIVIDUALISM vs. COLLECTIVISM (IDV)
1. Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, what this means.
- INDIVIDUALISM is where a countrys citizens look after
themselves and COLLECTIVISM is where a society works together,
sometimes in groups.
2. What is the United States ranking? 91 (Individualism)
3. What is Japans ranking? 46 (Individualism)
Draw one conclusion about how the United States is different from your
country in this area. The United States citizens are more independent,
compared to Japans citizens that are more dependent on eachother.
DIMENSION 3: MASCULINITY vs. FEMININITY (MAS)
1. Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, what this means.
2. What is the United States ranking?
3. What is ________s ranking?
Draw one conclusion about how the United States is different from your
country in this area.
DIMENSION 4: UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE INDEX (UAI)
1. Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, what this means.
- Uncertainty Avoidance is the extent in which a country can deal with
the fact that the future is unknown.

2. What is the United States ranking? 46

3. What is Japans ranking? 92
Draw one conclusion about how the United States is different from your
country in this area. The United States is more likely to try to control the
future compared to Japan that just waits for it to happen.
DIMENSION 5: LONG-TERM ORIENTATION (LTO)
1. Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, what this means.
- Long Term Orientation is when a country uses its past to deal with
events in the present and future.
2. What is the United States ranking? 26
3. What is Japans ranking? 88
Draw one conclusion about how the United States is different from your
country in this area. The United States is less likely to use their past to
help with future problems than Japan is.
DIMENSION 6: INDULGENCE vs. RESTRAINT (IND)
1. Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, what this means.
- Indulgence is when a country acts on its impulses, and Restraint is
when a country has a strong control over their urges.
2. What is the United States ranking? 68 (Indulgence)
3. What is Japans ranking? 42 (Indulgence)
Draw one conclusion about how the United States is different from your
country in this area. The United States indulges itself more than Japan
does.