INTC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geert Hofstede, Sub-Saharan Africa, Collectivism
16 Sep 2016
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Grand narratives suggest that there is a coherent culture across a population homogeneous. Instead, there is a great deal of individual variation heterogeneous. Suderman (2006, p. 120, also 87) way to make but also limit generalizations: advantage: opportunity to recognize that groups are not absolutely different from each other, problem: need to be aware of naive or insulting generalizations. Cannot assume that everyone is one certain type of person. Major culture realms: east/west dialectic, north america; europe; sub-saharan africa short term orientated; the. Middle east; east asia; north american native overlapping americans; Translated into a soci-cultural model, hofstede"s dimensions of culture became: power distance, uncertainty avoidance. 3: masculinity vs. femininity, long term vs. short term. Power is a basic fact of society . Parents treat children as equals deep distance between parents & child. Older people are neither respected nor feared. Ease, lower stress levels, self- control, low anxiety. Higher scores on subjective health & well-being.
