Definition of Culture: Models

Question 1

Culture defined by Hofstede

Answer 1

“The collective programming of the mind that distinguished the members of one human group from another.”

Question 2

Culture defined by Clyde Kluckhohn

Answer 2

“The collection of beliefs, values, behaviours, customers, and attitudes that distinguish the people of one society from another.”

Question 3

Culture defined by the researchers of the GLOBE Project

Answer 3

“The shared motives, values, beliefs, identities, and interpretations or meanings of significant events that result from common experiences of members of collectives that are transmitted across generations.”

Question 4

Culture defined by Fons Trompenaars

Answer 4

“The way in which a group of people solves problems and reconciles dilemmas.”

Question 5

Culture defined by Ann Swidler (Sociologist)

Answer 5

A problem solving approach:
Culture is viewed as a “toolkit” of symbols, stories, rituals, and worldviews that help the people of a culture survive and succeed.”

Question 6

Culture defined by Clifford Geertz (Cultural Anthropologist)

Answer 6

“The means by which people communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about attitudes towards.”