Abandon Hofstede-based research? Not yet! A perspective from the philosophy of the social sciences

Venkateswaran, Ramya Tarakad; Ojha, Abhoy K.

doi:10.1080/13602381.2019.1584487

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“…The arrows of causation between determinism (i.e., culture being the cause of national- and individual-level outcomes) and voluntarism (i.e., the influence of individual free-will) might not always be clear (Erez and Gati, 2004 ; McSweeney et al, 2016 ). However, this deterministic aspect, which does not solely rely on complete individual agency, is also seen as one of the strengths of Hofstede's model (Venkateswaran and Ojha, 2019 ; Venkateswaran and George, 2020 ).…”

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Exploring the Effect of Collective Cultural Attributes on Covid-19-Related Public Health Outcomes

Medeiros

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Infections and deaths associated with COVID-19 show a high degree of heterogeneity across different populations. A thorough understanding of population-level predictors of such outcomes is crucial for devising better-targeted and more appropriate public health preparedness measures. While demographic, economic, and health-system capacity have featured prominently in recent work, cultural, and behavioral characteristics have largely been overlooked. However, cultural differences shape both the public policy response and individuals' behavioral responses to the crisis in ways that can impact infection dynamics and key health outcomes. To address this gap, we used meta-analytic methods to explore the global variability of three public health outcomes (i.e., crude test positivity, case/infection fatality, and mortality risk) during the first wave of the pandemic. This set of analyses identified several cultural/behavioral attributes (e.g., uncertainty avoidance and long-term vs. short-term normative orientation) as independent predictors of public health outcomes after adjusting for key demographic, political, economic, and health-system-related predictors; which were robust in sensitivity analyses. In conclusion, this study clearly demonstrates that cultural attributes do in fact account for some of the global disparities in COVID-19-attributed health outcomes. As a consequence, policymakers should more explicitly consider a society's cultural attributes alongside other important parameters such as demographic characteristics and health system constraints in order to develop better tailored and more effective policy responses.

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Exploring the Effect of Collective Cultural Attributes on Covid-19-Related Public Health Outcomes

Medeiros

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…It did not account for change, and it had an in-built Western bias. Venkateswaran and Ojha (2019) also revealed that there was criticism of Hofstede's national culture. They stated that national culture dimensions did not exist at the individual level of analysis.…”

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Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Adoption in Asian Countries: An Empirical Evidence of Economic and Socio-Cultural Factors

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2020

Binus Business Review

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The research dealt with factors affected the different Information Communication and Technology (ICT) adoption rate among Asian countries. The primary purpose was to examine the impact of national wealth and culture on the behavioral adoption of ICT empirically among selected countries in Asia. Data were collected from the World Bank, World Economic Forum, and Hofstede’s cultural dimension index. Statistical correlation and multiple regression were utilized to analyze the dataset, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a proxy for national wealth and Hofstede’s cultural dimension as a proxy for culture. The result shows a significant relationship between GDP per capita and uncertainty avoidance on the national ICT adoption index. This finding contributes to improving the acknowledgment of the GDP and national culture as the antecedent of ICT adoption in the global field. Practically, the research updates the previous similar ones and proposes further empirical research to extend the scope of analysis.

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“…Dikova, Rao Sahib, 2013], wskazują na ich ciągłą aktualność. Podkreśla się, że pragmatyczne podejście Hofstede i jego zespołu umożliwiło stworzenie cennych ram, na których oprzeć można dalsze badania, biorąc oczywiście pod uwagę ograniczenia wynikające z zastosowania tej koncepcji [Venkateswaran, Ojha, 2019].…”

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Bilateralna współpraca gospodarcza a przewagi konkurencyjne

2021

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Konkurencyjność gospodarek jest zagadnieniem, które w czasach kryzysowych nabiera szczególnego znaczenia. Załamanie związane z pandemią COVID-19, rozprze- strzeniającą się od 2020 r. praktycznie na całym świecie, ma różną siłę oddziaływa- nia w poszczególnych krajach oraz wielorakie skutki społeczne i gospodarcze. Debata prowadzona na temat konkurencyjności w czasach kryzysowych koncentruje się nie tylko na utrzymaniu czy poprawie pozycji konkurencyjnej, lecz także na wyłanianiu się nowych wymiarów tego zjawiska i zmianie znaczenia poszczególnych czynników konkurencyjności. Wypracowywane są również alternatywne koncepcje i instrumenty polityki gospodarczej, które służą wzmacnianiu odporności gospodarek na kryzys i poprawie konkurencyjności w trudnych czasach.

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Abandon Hofstede-based research? Not yet! A perspective from the philosophy of the social sciences

Cited by 34 publications

References 53 publications

Exploring the Effect of Collective Cultural Attributes on Covid-19-Related Public Health Outcomes

Exploring the Effect of Collective Cultural Attributes on Covid-19-Related Public Health Outcomes

Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Adoption in Asian Countries: An Empirical Evidence of Economic and Socio-Cultural Factors

Bilateralna współpraca gospodarcza a przewagi konkurencyjne

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