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" Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." | " Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." | ||
- | We all tend to have a human instinct that 'deep inside' | + | An understanding of cultural peculiarities and metaphors can facilitate a deeper understanding to create localised solutions and create strategies to motivate people. From 1970 onwards, Hofstede’s work has analysed cultural values using extensive survey procedures in more than 70 countries (Hofstede, 2001). The author proposed five value dimensions, which have a significant impact on behaviour in all cultures and ranked the surveyed countries on each of them.((http:// |
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