by Chris Smit | Oct 21, 2016 | General Culture, Uncertainty Avoidance
https://media.blubrry.com/culturematters/culturematters.com/wp-content/podcasts/CMUAI.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:30 — 18.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Email | RSS So, What is Uncertainty Avoidance? [4-mins read] In this article I will...
by Chris Smit | Jan 3, 2013 | General Culture, Uncertainty Avoidance
Culture and Personality and Cultural Traits I get the question very often during a Cultural Awareness Training: “What is the relationship between Culture and Personality?” and “What’s the difference between cultural traits and personality...
by Chris Smit | Oct 11, 2012 | General
I have recently added a resource page to Culture Matters (click here to get it), which is the so called Cultural Reference Sheet. This Cultural Reference Sheet gives an overview of countries and their respective scores on 4 culture dimension, partially inspired by the...
by Chris Smit | May 14, 2012 | Collecitivism, Individualsism
In this article, I will focus on the following topics within understanding “What is Individualism.” What is individualism What is collectivism Individualistic culture or individualistic society First, let’s start with a definition when answering the...
by Chris Smit | Apr 26, 2012 | Power Distance
The dimension that matters most in Cultural Differences is often claimed to be Power Distance Index or PDI Even up to 80% of all cultural friction is attributed to this Power Distance index! There are 3 more dimensions of culture but let’s first focus on this...
