HR ISSUES

HR issues and Hofstede's (1984) cultural dimensions



HR issues and Hofstede's (1984) cultural dimensions

Introduction

Cultural differences between countries may raise the HR issues which are often found to be different from one another. Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory describes the effects of cultural differences on the members of society. This assignment discusses that how different cultures can have varying HR issues. We consider the cultures outside US for explaining the case.

Discussion

Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory has been widely used for research in areas of international management, cross cultural psychology and communication. Hostfede used four factors to explain the cross cultural differences; these ...