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This paper summarizes the author's recently published findings about differences in people's work-related values among 50 countries. In view of these differences, ethnocentric management theories (those based on the value system of one particular country) have become untenable. This concept is illustrated for the fields of leadership, organization, and motivation.
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*Geert Hofstede is Director of the Institute for Research on Intercultural Cooperation at Arnhem, the Netherlands. He has worked as a manager in industry and as an academic teacher and researcher in a number of international institutes in Europe.
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Hofstede, G. The Cultural Relativity of Organizational Practices and Theories. J Int Bus Stud 14, 75–89 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490867
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