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Are Hofstede's dimensions valid? A test for measurement invariance of uncertainty avoidance

Sind die Hofsted'schen Kulturdimensionen valide? Ein Messäquivalenztest der Hofsted'schen Unsicherheitsvermeidungsdimension
[journal article]

Schmitz, Lena
Weber, Wiebke

Abstract

Auf Basis einer Umfrage unter IBM Mitarbeitern in den 1970er Jahren konzipierte Geerd Hofstede ein Modell, das darauf abzielt, nationale Kulturen anhand von vier, mittlerweile sechs Kulturdimensionen zu vergleichen. Dieses Modell hat extreme Reaktionen in beide Richtungen hervorgerufen: Während eini... view more

Auf Basis einer Umfrage unter IBM Mitarbeitern in den 1970er Jahren konzipierte Geerd Hofstede ein Modell, das darauf abzielt, nationale Kulturen anhand von vier, mittlerweile sechs Kulturdimensionen zu vergleichen. Dieses Modell hat extreme Reaktionen in beide Richtungen hervorgerufen: Während einige Forscher ihm einen paradigmatischen Stellenwert zuschreiben, wird es von anderen scharf kritisiert. Einer der hauptsächlichen Kritikpunkte betrifft die Validität der Kulturdimensionen. Die vorliegende Studie liefert einen empirischen Beitrag zur vorwiegend theoretischen Diskussion und führt Validitätstests an einer der Dimensionen, namentlich Unsicherheitsvermeidung, durch. Unter der Anwendung von Daten aus Frankreich und Deutschland (2011) bestätigt sich diese Dimension nicht als valides Konstrukt.... view less


On the base of a survey among IBM employees in the 1970s, Geerd Hofstede developed a model which aims at comparing cultures of countries by means of originally four, by now six dimensions. This model has evoked extreme and opposed reactions: Many researchers use it as a paradigm for cross-national c... view more

On the base of a survey among IBM employees in the 1970s, Geerd Hofstede developed a model which aims at comparing cultures of countries by means of originally four, by now six dimensions. This model has evoked extreme and opposed reactions: Many researchers use it as a paradigm for cross-national comparisons, while others criticise it harshly. One basic point of criticism refers to the validity of the dimensions. The present study gives an empirical contribution to the mostly theoretical discussion and conducts tests for the validity of one Hofstedean dimension, namely Uncertainty Avoidance. Employing original data from France and Germany (2011), this dimension does not prove to be a valid construct.... view less

Keywords
intercultural communication; model; survey; France; data; Federal Republic of Germany; comparison; measurement; culture; validity; factor analysis; group

Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature

Free Keywords
Unsicherheitsvermeidung

Document language
English

Publication Year
2014

Page/Pages
p. 11-26

Journal
interculture journal: Online-Zeitschrift für interkulturelle Studien, 13 (2014) 22

Issue topic
Interkulturelle Forschung jenseits der Kulturdimensionen

ISSN
2196-9485

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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