Clashing Or Crossing Cultures - Presentation - Geert Hofstede - Maastricht 2006

Title: Clashing or Crossing Cultures Location: Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht Recording date: 1 June, 2016 Speaker: Geert Hofstede Gerard Hendrik (Geert) Hofstede (born 2 October 1928 in Haarlem) is a Dutch social psychologist, former IBM employee, and Professor Emeritus of Organizational Anthropology and International Management at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, well known for his pioneering research on cross-cultural groups and organizations. His most notable work has been in developing cultural dimensions theory. Here he describes national cultures as describable along five dimensions: Power Distance, Individualism, Uncertainty avoidance, Masculinity, and Long Term Orientation. He is known for his books Culture’s Consequences and Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, co-authored with his son Gert Jan Hofstede. More information: Speaker: University Maastricht: