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 Power Distance (PDI)
Power distance measure of how culture recognizes hierarchy.
There's two sections of force separation low and high, In low power separation have majority rule government and in high power separation have a totalitarian administration.
In Hofstede's definition power separation reflect in the way individuals comprehend the distinctive of force.
Lower force separation utilized as a part of relatives that expect that power be conveyed unequally.
High power separation utilized as a part of social orders that acknowledge pecking orders without requiring pardon.
Power separation list indicates high scores for Latin and Asian nations, African regions and the Arab world.
Then again Anglo and Germanic nations have a lower force separation (11 for Austria and 18 for Denmark). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstede%27s_cultural_dimensions_theory http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/power-distance-index-
PDI.html#examples

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 Individualism vs. Collectivism (IDV)
The meaning Individual is incorporated in group.
In individual social orders individuals place stress in their accomplishment and hope to go to bat for themselves and pick their affiliations not at all like cooperatives social orders.
Assemblages is when individual work in gathering as essential element and individual only individual from the gathering. The advantage of aggregate gain from other individual from the gathering and trade of thought, settle on choice with more than one part yet any part can acknowledge or dismiss the thought.
North America and Europe can be considered as individualistic with moderately high scores: for instance, 80 for Canada and
Hungary.
Interestingly, Asia, Africa and Latin America have firmly collectivist qualities: Colombia scores just 13 focuses on the IDV scale and
Indonesia 14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstede%27s_cultural_dimensions_theory http://objectivism101.com/Lectures/Lecture39.shtml

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 Uncertainty avoidance (UAI)
Means possibility of suspicion and mystery and people feel more comfortable with uncertainty avoidance than other.
In Uncertainty evasion Hofstede compered between provinces, individuals with low score alright with secret and there are more entrepreneurial, more inclined to take a rick and less subject to structure runs yet the nations with high score
Uncertainty shirking they wish for adjustment, more structures guidelines and they less open to going for broke..
Uncertainty avoidance scores are the highest in Latin American countries, Southern and Eastern Europe countries including
German speaking countries, and Japan.
They are lower for Anglo, Nordic, and Chinese culture countries. http://study.com/academy/lesson/hofstedes-uncertainty-avoidance-indexdefinition-example-cultures.html

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 Masculinity vs. Femininity (MAS)
Masculinity means male, femininity means female and every body know that Masculine cultures they are competitive, materialism and has ambition and power but feminine cultures they have value on relationship and quality of life.
In masculine culture they make a different between two gender but feminine culture they treat both gender equally.
There studies showing that feminine culture values less than masculine culture also masculine culture very assertive and competitive unlike feminine culture they are humble and caring.
Masculinity is extremely low in Nordic countries: Norway scores 8 and Sweden only 5.
In contrast, Masculinity is very high in Japan (95), and in
European countries like Hungary, Austria and Switzerland influenced by German culture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstede%27s_cultural_dimensions_theory http://www.clearlycultural.com/geert-hofstede-cultural-dimensions/masculinity/

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Long-term Orientation (LTO)
Long-term Orientation called Confucian dynamism.
Society with Long-term Orientation think more about the future and they make it there need and they sparing and limit for adjustment likewise there fleeting Orientation society they are consider more over a wide span of time and regard there custom and satisfying social commitments.
High long-term orientation scores are typically found in East
Asia, with China having 118, Hong Kong 96 and Japan 88. High short term in Eastern and Western Europe , Anglo countries, the Muslim world, Africa and in Latin America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstede%27s_cultural_dimensions_theory http://geert-hofstede.com/national-culture.html

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Indulgence means to let human live their life neutrally having fun.
Restraint means human must suppresses satisfaction of requirements by having restricted social life.
Indulgence understand personal life control and have life activities, restraint understand helplessness and if someone has own control in his life he feel helpless and less actively.
Indulgence scores are highest in Latin America, parts of Africa, the
Anglo world and Nordic Europe.
Restraint is mostly found in East Asia, Eastern Europe and the
Muslim world. http://hopeinterculturalcomm.weebly.com/indulgence-vs-restraint.html
http://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Professional-Issues/Cultural-
Competence/Examples-of-Cultural-Dimensions/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstede%27s_cultural_dimensions_theory