Formulation of Hofstede’s Global Cultural Dimension Index (HGCDI): A cross-country study

Journal of Transnational Management Pub Date : 2020-05-21 DOI:10.1080/15475778.2020.1765715

Debasish Roy

{"title":"Formulation of Hofstede’s Global Cultural Dimension Index (HGCDI): A cross-country study","authors":"Debasish Roy","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2020.1765715","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Hofstede’s seminal work on cross-cultural dimensions was based on his survey of more than 116,000 IBM employees in 40 countries. Hofstede argued that the work-related cultural values and ethics were the closest indicators of national cultures of respective nations and their populations and classified the countries based on the data of six individual parameters (indices). However, a strong necessity was felt for constructing a composite index which will incorporate all the six cultural dimension indices individually and in a collective manner in order to serve two major objectives: first, to establish a linear regressionary relationship between the composite index coined as Hofstede’s Global Cultural Dimension Index (HGCDI) and the individual cultural dimension indices and the Cumulative Cultural Dimension Index (CCDI) respectively [CCDI is the sum of all the six cultural dimension indices]; and second, to derive the regional surface areas of the HGCDI, individual cultural indices, and CCDI which will help us to analyze the dual effects of individual cultural dimension indices separately and collectively on the HGCDI. HGCDI’s computation is based on the complete cross-sectional data sets of 64 countries around the world. The data sets of other countries are purposely omitted due to the paucity or non-availability of data for all the six cultural dimension indices.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"195 - 224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2020.1765715","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Transnational Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2020.1765715","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Abstract Hofstede’s seminal work on cross-cultural dimensions was based on his survey of more than 116,000 IBM employees in 40 countries. Hofstede argued that the work-related cultural values and ethics were the closest indicators of national cultures of respective nations and their populations and classified the countries based on the data of six individual parameters (indices). However, a strong necessity was felt for constructing a composite index which will incorporate all the six cultural dimension indices individually and in a collective manner in order to serve two major objectives: first, to establish a linear regressionary relationship between the composite index coined as Hofstede’s Global Cultural Dimension Index (HGCDI) and the individual cultural dimension indices and the Cumulative Cultural Dimension Index (CCDI) respectively [CCDI is the sum of all the six cultural dimension indices]; and second, to derive the regional surface areas of the HGCDI, individual cultural indices, and CCDI which will help us to analyze the dual effects of individual cultural dimension indices separately and collectively on the HGCDI. HGCDI’s computation is based on the complete cross-sectional data sets of 64 countries around the world. The data sets of other countries are purposely omitted due to the paucity or non-availability of data for all the six cultural dimension indices.

查看原文本刊更多论文

霍夫斯泰德全球文化维度指数（HGCDI）的制定：一项跨国研究

Hofstede在跨文化维度方面的开创性工作是基于他对40个国家的11.6万多名IBM员工的调查。Hofstede认为，与工作相关的文化价值观和伦理是各国及其人口的民族文化最接近的指标，并根据六个单独参数(指数)的数据对国家进行了分类。但是，人们强烈认为有必要建立一个综合指数，将所有六个文化方面的指数单独和集体地纳入其中，以便实现两个主要目标:首先，建立Hofstede全球文化维度指数(HGCDI)与个体文化维度指数和累积文化维度指数(CCDI)之间的线性回归关系[CCDI是所有六个文化维度指数的总和];第二，推导出城市文化发展指数、个体文化指数和CCDI的区域表面积，分析个体文化维度指数对城市文化发展指数的双重影响。HGCDI的计算基于全球64个国家的完整横断面数据集。由于缺乏或无法获得所有六个文化维度指数的数据，因此有意省略了其他国家的数据集。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of Transnational Management Social Sciences-Development

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

0.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： As the economic marketplace expands across continents and cultures, it is essential to establish a world-wide network of ideas and information that serves your transnational business interests. The Journal of Transnational Management (retitled from the Journal of Transnational Management Development to better reflect its focus) is an international forum that examines management research, teaching and training techniques, consulting, and development issues from a multicultural perspective, presenting practical business strategies that produce results on a global scale. The Journal of Transnational Management is a comprehensive resource for management in foreign environments, presenting an exchange of conceptual and empirical research on an international level. Articles written by business practitioners, management development experts, and academicians address issues related to firms, public enterprises, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations throughout the world.