I am in the process of reviewing for the European Journal of International Management, Michael Minkov's book, "What Makes Us Different and Similar: A New Interpretation of the World Values Survey and Other Cross-Cultural Data", 2007, published by
sales@klasikastel.com ,
http://www.klasikastel.com ; its an important book for cross-cultural theorists and practitioners, and Minkov packs a tremendous amount of literature review into 215 pages.
Dimensions are defined, Exclusionism vs. Universalism (Collectivism/Individualism), "Indulgence vs. Restraint", and "Monumentalism vs. Flexumility (self-flexibility and humility)", using Ingleharts World Values Survey data, along with other sources.
In a recent email exchange with Prof. Geert Hofstede, he called my attention to the 2008 version of the Values Survey Module, VSM08 where the dimensions "Indulgence vs. Restraint" and "Monumentalism vs. Self-Effacement" are added to the original five value dimensions. See
http://feweb.uvt.nl/center/hofstede/ManualVSM08.docfor details.
Self-Effacement is mentioned several times in the paper:
http://www.sietar-europa.org/congress2007/files/congress2007_paper_Michael_Minkov.docbut the Flexumility term is retained there.
Im sure theres more to come.
Regards,
Romie Littrell
Romie F. Littrell, BA, MBA,PhD, FIAIR, An fánaí fiáin
AUT Business School N.Z.,
romie.littrell@aut.ac.nzhttp://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/Facilitator, Leadership & Management in Sub-Sahara Africa Conferences
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