What are the criticisms of Hofstede’s work? How did Hofstede respond to them?
What will be an ideal response?
Nations are not the best units for studying cultures. Hofstede himself agrees. Hofstede’s survey data are based on a small sample. Hofstede’s survey data are old and outdated. Hofstede responds that the dimensions are assumed to have centuries-old roots, that recent replications show no changes, and that the dimensions have been validated against other measures. Hofstede’s data are drawn from subsidiaries of only one company, which cannot provide information about entire national cultures. Hofstede responds that the dimensions are based on the differences between nations and that using the IBM data provides unusually well-matched samples from a large number of countries.
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