Hofstede has performed decades of research on cultures in business settings. He has defined five cultural dimensions and provides us with a web page where you can compare countries along those dimensions.

His five dimensions are:

Power Distance, that is the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations accept and expect that power is distributed unequally.

Individualism on the one side versus its opposite, collectivism, that is the degree to which individuals are integrated into groups.

Masculinity versus its opposite, femininity, refers to the distribution of roles between the genders which is another fundamental issue for any society to which a range of solutions are found.

Uncertainty Avoidance deals with a society’s tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity; it ultimately refers to man’s search for Truth.

Long-Term Orientation versus short-term orientation.

Bas de Baar helps people find ways to enjoy the diversity of human interaction in their organizations so that they can get out of their own way and achieve their goals. - Cultural Dimensions – Comparing Countries is a post from: Project Shrink.