Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions     Compare your home culture with your host culture Home culture: -- select home culture --Arab WorldArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBangladeshBelgiumBrazilBulgariaCanadaChileChinaColombiaCosta RicaCzech RepublikDenmarkEast AfricaEcuadorEl SalvadorEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceGuatemalaHong KongHungaryIndiaIndonesiaIranIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanLuxemburgMalaysiaMaltaMaroccoMexicoNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPakistanPanamaPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSingaporeSlovakiaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSurinamSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwanThailandTrinidadTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayVenezuelaVietnamWest Africa Host culture: -- select host culture --Arab WorldArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBangladeshBelgiumBrazilBulgariaCanadaChileChinaColombiaCosta RicaCzech RepublikDenmarkEast AfricaEcuadorEl SalvadorEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceGuatemalaHong KongHungaryIndiaIndonesiaIranIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanLuxemburgMalaysiaMaltaMaroccoMexicoNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPakistanPanamaPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSingaporeSlovakiaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSurinamSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwanThailandTrinidadTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayVenezuelaVietnamWest Africa       PDI   Power Distance Index   IDV   Individualism   MAS   Masculinity   UAI   Uncertainty Avoidance Index   LTO   Long-Term Orientation   Click on the Country's name for more details     Country PDI IDV MAS UAI LTO Arab World ** 80 38 52 68   Argentina 49 46 56 86   Australia 36 90 61 51 31 Austria 11 55 79 70   Austria 11 55 79 70   Bangladesh * 80 20 55 60 40 Belgium 65 75 54 94   Brazil 69 38 49 76 65 Bulgaria * 70 30 40 85   Canada 39 80 52 48 23 Chile 63 23 28 86   China * 80 20 66 30 118 Colombia 67 13 64 80   Costa Rica 35 15 21 86   Czech Republic * 57 58 57 74 13 Denmark 18 74 16 23   East Africa ** 64 27 41 52 25 Ecuador 78 8 63 67   El Salvador 66 19 40 94   Estonia * 40 60 30 60   Finland 33 63 26 59   France 68 71 43 86   Germany 35 67 66 65 31 Greece 60 35 57 112   Guatemala 95 6 37 101   Hong Kong 68 25 57 29 96 Hungary * 46 80 88 82 50 India 77 48 56 40 61 Indonesia 78 14 46 48   Iran 58 41 43 59   Ireland 28 70 68 35   Israel 13 54 47 81   Italy 50 76 70 75   Jamaica 45 39 68 13   Japan 54 46 95 92 80 Luxembourg * 40 60 50 70   Malaysia 104 26 50 36   Malta * 56 59 47 96   Mexico 81 30 69 82   Morocco * 70 46 53 68   Netherlands 38 80 14 53 44 New Zealand 22 79 58 49 30 Norway 31 69 8 50 20 Pakistan 55 14 50 70 0 Panama 95 11 44 86   Peru 64 16 42 87   Philippines 94 32 64 44 19 Poland * 68 60 64 93 32 Portugal 63 27 31 104   Romania * 90 30 42 90   Russia * 93 39 36 95   Singapore 74 20 48 8 48 Slovakia * 104 52 110 51 38 South Africa 49 65 63 49   South Korea 60 18 39 85 75 Spain 57 51 42 86   Surinam * 85 47 37 92   Sweden 31 71 5 29 33 Switzerland 34 68 70 58   Taiwan 58 17 45 69 87 Thailand 64 20 34 64 56 Trinidad * 47 16 58 55   Turkey 66 37 45 85   United Kingdom 35 89 66 35 25 United States 40 91 62 46 29 Uruguay 61 36 38 100   Venezuela 81 12 73 76   Vietnam * 70 20 40 30 80 West Africa 77 20 46 54 16     * Estimated values   ** Regional estimated values:   ‘Arab World’ = Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   ‘East Africa’ = Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia   ‘West Africa’ = Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone © Geert Hofstede - all rights reserved

CultureGPS Professional   Navigate through Cultural Differences with your iPhone.   CultureGPS Professional is an intelligent and easy-to-use iPhone tool that enables you to analyse behavior differences in intercultural encounters and to predict to a certain degree, which interactions evolve when people from different nationalities meet and work together.   Based on Geert Hofstede’s 5-D Model and developed by one of itim International's licensees, CultureGPS Professional provides you with insight into differences in thinking, feeling, and acting of people around the globe.   For further details and to download this great tool, please visit www.CultureGPS.com     Click on country below for its Business Etiquette Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Botswana Brazil Canada Chile China Costa Rica Cuba Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Korea Libya Lithuania Mexico Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Vietnam --------------