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Hofstede's Culture Values Survey in Albanian private hospitals
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to highlight the changes that Albanian cultural dimensions' scores have undergone over time. Hofstede's Value Survey Module 2013 (VSM 2013) has been applied to examine the six dimensions of culture; power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long ... view more
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the changes that Albanian cultural dimensions' scores have undergone over time. Hofstede's Value Survey Module 2013 (VSM 2013) has been applied to examine the six dimensions of culture; power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation and indulgence. The survey data (N=387) was collected in the two largest private hospitals in Albania. Globalization, technological developments, economical flourishing and crisis, war and peace, influence the shifting of national cultural dimensions' scores toward negative or positive values. In this study we aim to show the shifting of Albanian culture value scores in time, and compare the results with the ones predicted by the researchers of the field. The results obtained show a negative shift on Albanian culture dimension score of power distance, individualism, long term orientation and indulgence, and a positive shift on masculinity and uncertainty avoidance values. Implications for researchers of the field are discussed in the paper.... view less
Keywords
Albania; value-orientation; cultural change
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
Hofstede; private hospitals; culture dimensions; shifting of scores
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 41-50
Journal
EUREKA: Social and Humanities (2020) 3
ISSN
2504-5571
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed