LSS – Intercultural studies
Dimensions of Greet Hofstede
Movie: Outsourced
Instructor: Stephen Trinder
Nouf Ali Salem
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Hofstedes
Cultural
Six
Dimensions
Scene 1
Individualism vs. Collectivism
Indulgence vs Restraint (IVR)
1. In this scene the woman asks Todd if he is married or if he has a girlfriend, what his dad
does and how much is his salary. In U.S they have high individualist society Hofstede
score?? that mean to respect privacy of each other and not to ask private questions not to
strangers. But India is high collectivist society that a bit more friendly to other and people
belong to in groups that take care of them in exchange for unquestioning loyalty as one
family in India its okay to ask your neighbor or colleague in work private questions (
2. When Todd eat with his left hand the women told not clean because in India they eat with
their right hand because in India eating with your left hand considered as not clean
because wash up with it so in U.S high indulgence society so free they do but India is high
restraint society they have a self control and they feel that indulging themselves is
somewhat wrong.
Scene 2
Masculinity vs. Femininity
In this dimension, masculinity is defined as “a preference in society
for achievement, heroism and feminine society is both men and
women are supposed to be equal. (Wikipediaorg, 2015)
In this scene Todd saw a group of women's do constructions and
surprise by this because women in U.S do not constructions but In
India women can do men job and equal as men and can do jobs only
men can do like constructions but in U.S you never find a women do
jobs like constructions that show how each society accept women
and how treat her and also in India but in U.S you can find a women
do a men job like be the boss of a company ,the score between U.S
and India are a bit close
Scene 3
Individualism vs. Collectivism
In this scene Asha ask Todd to shake her hand in professional way
while they were sitting in lake because there someone spy on them
and told him to meet somewhere else because Asha can’t sit with
Todd like lover because she's engaged in arranged marriage , In
India a lot of girls are in arranged marriage like Asha because they
live in high collectivism society that belonging to a larger social
framework in which individuals are expected to act in accordance to
the greater good of one’s defined in-group(s)
But in U.S ideais that the individual’s life belongs to him/her and
he/she has the right to live it as he/she want
(Geert-hofstedecom, 2015)
Scene 4
Power Distance (PDI)
his dimension deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are
not equal (Geert-hofstedecom, 2015)
India score 77 in PDI that’s mean that India is high PDI society and
strong hierarchies but in U.S has score 40 in PDI
In this scenes Todd told Puro its okay to call me Todd not Mr. Todd
because in India the one in higher rank and above you ,you to said
Mr or Ms but in U.S Todd taking to his boss in way that you will that
not his boss as if he taking to his friend not his boss
Scene 5
Long-term vs. Short-term
Orientation
This dimension describes how every society has to maintain some
links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the
present and future (Geert-hofstedecom, 2015)
In scene Asha told Todd that Kali is god of destruction and that mean in
India they value traditions ,Supported values are linked to the past and
present, including stability and respect for tradition and save face and
reciprocity and fulfill their social obligations (Wikipediaorg, 2015) is
means that India is short-term orientation ,and U.S is long-term
orientation because of the high creativity individualism
What I learn form this ?
 I learn that not everyone is the same and there are a lot
differences between people around the world like the
different language and different traditions and historical
background and religious beliefs and practices background
that make everyone different but in other way we are all
humans no matter what are the differences ..
REFRENCES
 Geert-hofstedecom. (2015). Geert-hofstedecom. Retrieved
12 October, 2015, from http://geert-hofstede.com/india.html
 Wikipediaorg. (2015). Wikipediaorg. Retrieved 12 October,
2015, from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstede's_cultural_dimensions_
theory