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What Lived
experiences offer us?
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Some conclusions on culture
• Survey data can be useful to provide an • The term ‘Lived experiences’ is
overview
important to students of cross
• Hofstede’s model is useful but we need to cultural management and to any
be mindful and indicate our awareness of
some of the changes that have taken place future students interested in a
• It is advisable to use more than one dissertation in this area or related
dimension of culture from Hofstede’s areas
model when comparing cultures.
• Live experiences are
• Google scholar is a good place to search
for criticisms of Hofstede’s model
acknowledged as a way of
• Yin Fan’s work illustrates the need for
informing our understanding of
additional research on culture in his the complexities of culture and
doctoral research on Chinese culture their experience of culture as
lived experiences
Some useful references [but please use
google scholar to identify criticisms]
• Holden, N. (2002). Cross-Cultural Management – A Knowledge
Management Perspective. Harlow: Prentice Hall.
• Yin Fan (2000) A Classification of Chinese Culture, PhD Thesis,
Lincoln School of Management
• Hofstede, G. (1986). Cultural Differences in Teaching and
Learning. In: International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 10,
301-320
• McSweeney, B. (2002). Hofstede's model of national cultural
differences and their consequences: a triumph of faith - a failure
of analysis. In: Human Relations, 55 (1), 89-118.