Awarding the Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa to

Professor Geert Hofstede

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,
Dunrea de Jos University of Galai, Romania, member
of EFMD and EFMD Global Network
21st of October 2016

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration from

Dunrea de Jos University of Galai, Romania has the honour
and privilege to award the Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa to
Professor Geert Hofstede, a remarkable scientist, internationally
acknowledged

and

respected

for

its

valuable

contributions

to

Management development.
With a PhD thesis in social psychology, Professor Geert Hofstede
gave

courses

of

organisational

anthropology

and

international

management at Maastricht University, Netherlands. By publishing the

book Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, which has
been translated in many languages, he became a promoter of crosscultural management research, his ideas being appreciated and shared
by the entire scientific community.

Professor Geert Hofstedes scientific activity has been widely

recognized internationally, being one of the most cited authors in
Social Science Citation Index. He is a member of Academy of
Management and Academy of International Business in USA, Honorary
Member of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology,
Doctor Honoris Causa within seven European universities and Honorary
Professor at two Chinese universities.
Geert Hofstede was listed in the Wall Street Journal (May 2008)
among the Top 20 most influential business thinkers.