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McSweeney, Brendan, Brown, Donna and Iliopoulou, Stravroula (2016) Claiming too much, delivering too little: testing some of Hofstede's generalisations. Irish Journal of Management, 35 (1): 3. pp. 34-57. ISSN 1649-248X
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Abstract
This paper considers Geert Hofstede's claim that his national cultural 'dimension scores' and related rankings of countries enable effective prediction by examining a causal generalisation he has repeatedly used to illustrate that capability. When tested against cross-sectional and longitudinal empirical data about conflicts in industrial relations, the generalisation is shown not to have predictive power. A second generalisation is then tested, which also fails to demonstrate predictive capability. This paper discusses some characteristics of valid cross-national research in the light of these predictive failures.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Culture; Critique; Generalisation; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: | 20416 |
| Depositing User: | IAM School of Business |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2025 12:35 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Irish Journal of Management |
| Publisher: | Irish Academy of Management |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20416 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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