Gert Jan Hofstede

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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.

There are three shelves in this room:
bulletThings that I've written or participated in writing
bulletHeavy stuff about culture or related matters that you should be aware of if you do research
bulletBooks I enjoyed reading, fiction or documentary, that also carries 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 recent 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.

updated 03-08-2008 by Gert Jan Hofstede