Gert Jan Hofstede: The cultural biology of organization

Reading room

My reading room is full of books. Thousands of articles and Web sites exist that are relevant, but you do not need me so much to find those - check the journal corner though.

Books might be old, or unavailable in some places in the world. And I just like books a lot: one good book is worth a thousand articles. Especially authors who can afford to stay away from the publication rat race can take time for a thorough book.

• Things that I've written or participated in writing; see www.geerthofstede.com for culture books, and a page each for Exploring Culture and Why do games work, and my Wageningen University site for all other things.
• Theory about culture or related matters that you should be aware of if you do research
• Books I enjoyed reading, fiction or documentary, that also carry messages about culture.

Journal corner

Just because I like books does not mean I disregard journals. One good journal issue can explain many books. For researchers who like the trait-based view of culture: see the 2006 issue of JIBS, journal of International Business Studies, where Hofstede and GLOBE cross swords on research method, and others comment (e.g. Peter Smith, who notes that when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled).

You can find a wealth of important articles in Online Readings in Cultural Psychology.