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Hofstede conducted a study in the 60's 70's by submitting questionnaires to IBM employees all over the world in order to compare the responses for cultural diff
by silentbob20059 13y ago
Hofstede conducted a study in the 60's 70's by submitting questionnaires to IBM employees all over the world in order to compare the responses for cultural differences.
Japan ranked highest in the world for masculinity, [masculinity-femininity (task orientation versus person-orientation)]
Assuming Hofstede's reflect reality. Could this have something to do with the high suicide rate?
Another musing,
Could it have something to do with Confucian cultures and a great deal of pressure to fulfill one's filial piety?
- amerika_blog 13y agoOr could it have to do with the higher intelligence, introspection and desire for order of Japanese people, versus for example people in Miley Cyrus videos?
- amerika_blog 13y agoQuick link for that: http://geert-hofstede.com/national-culture.html http://geert-hofstede.com/national-culture.html
- contingencies 13y agoCould it have something to do with Confucian cultures and a great deal of pressure to fulfill one's filial piety? Precisely. China, Japan, South Korea are all seriously Confucian influenced. Chinese suicides are often young people with poor families who fail to enter university. SK was the most depressing place I've ever been. Vietnam's another place that's historically a heavily Confucian society, I wonder if they collect realistic suicide statistics? (Last visit, last year, the mood in Hanoi seemed to be very strong compared to, say, 10 years ago.)