Hofstede Matters

Sławomir J. Magala is a philosopher of science, cultural sociologist, retired professor of cross-cultural management at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Visiting Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Christiane Erten has experience in the professional and academic field with a focus on HRM, intercultural management and training, and leadership in SMEs. She has worked as Assistant Professor at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Austria, and still lectures at universities worldwide. Roger Matthew Bell was Lecturer in cross-cultural management in the Department of People Management and Organization of ESADE, Barcelona, Spain, for 15 years. Marie-Therese Claes is Head of the Institute for Gender and Diversity at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. Senem Yazici (PhD) is Assistant Professor in the fields of Strategy and International Management at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences and Council Member of the IACCM. Atila Karabag (PhD) is Scientist at Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, and Council Member of the IACCM.

Introduction Part 1: Hofstede Himself 1. In Memory of Geert Hofstede: A Pioneer in comparative cross-cultural management research and practice 2. Organizational culture – personality traits and Hofstede Part 2: Hofstede’s rise and fall in context 3. Cultural relativity: the case of Hofstede 4. War refugees and their plans for the future: Hofstede’s concept somewhere between Ukraine and Poland 5. Two teachers’ life with Hofstede 6. Hofstede’s Six. The career of a concept and the importance of context. Part 3: Collaborators and Critics 7. Evolution of the Minkov-Hofstede Model: Parallels Between Objective and Subjective Culture 8. Hofstede’s imagined cultures 9. Hofstede’s consequences: Criticizing his oeuvre, and honoring the pioneer in the history of social sciences 10. Putting critique into context: an appraisal of four methodological objections to Hofstede Part 4: Reviews and replications 11. Hofstede’s Consequences 1980 – 2022 Conclusion