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Comparing cultures : dimensions of culture in a comparative perspective

Title
Comparing cultures : dimensions of culture in a comparative perspective / edited by Henk Vinken, Joseph Soeters and Peter Ester.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Vinken, Henk.
  • Soeters, J.
  • Ester, P.
Description
xii, 321 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 93
Uniform Title
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 93.
Subject
  • Cross-cultural studies
  • Sociology > Research > Methodology
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Kultursoziologie
  • Kulturvergleich
  • Culturele verschillen
  • Vergelijkend onderzoek
  • Culturele antropologie
Genre/Form
Cross-cultural studies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-306) and indexes.
Contents
Prologue: Culture's consequences revisited / Pieter J.D. Drenth -- Cultures and dimensions. Classic perspectives and new opportunities in 'dimensionalist' cross-cultural studies / Henk Vinken, Joseph Soeters, Peter Ester -- Dimensions of culture beyond Hofstede / Harry C. Triandis -- Mapping and interpreting cultural differences around the world / Shalom H. Schwartz -- Individualism, autonomy, self-expression. The human development syndrome / Ronald Inglehart, Daphna Oyserman -- Methodological problems of value research / Wolfgang Jagodzinski -- The structural roots of values. An anthropological interpretation of Hofstede's value dimensions / Hans-Peter Müller, Patrick Ziltener -- Cultural nationalism in Japan. A starting point for comparing cultures / Kazufumi Manabe, Henk Vinken, Joseph Soeters -- Dimensions of culture in intra-cultural comparisons. Individualism/collectivism and family-related values in three generations / Gisela Trommsdorff, Boris Mayer, Isabelle Albert -- A cross-cultural analysis of immigrant and host values and acculturation orientations / Karen Phalet, Marc Swyngedouw -- Making maternity care. The consequences of culture for health care systems / Raymond De Vries ... [et al.] -- The cultural relativity of employee empowerment. A comparative study in the European hotel industry / Antonios K. Klidas -- Integrating the Hofstede dimensions and twelve aspects of negotiating behavior. A six country comparison / Lynn Metcalf, Allan Bird -- Epi-dialogue / Geert Hofstede.
ISBN
  • 9004131159
  • 9789004131156
LCCN
  • 2003065320
  • 9789004131156
OCLC
  • ocm53253025
  • 53253025
  • SCSB-1428702
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library