Comparison Of The Societal Dimensions Of Culture Identified By Globe Project. (Essay Sample)

Comparison of the societal dimensions of culture identified by GLOBE project.

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Dimension USACHINA Performance OrientationValue score 6.14
Practice score 4.45
lowerGlobe value score 5.72
Practice score 4.37
highUncertainty AvoidanceValue score 3.99
Practice score 4.15
lowerValue score 5.34
Practice score 4.81
higherHumane OrientationValue score 5.51
Practice score 4.18
Lower and less strictValue score 5.34
Practice score 4.29
Higher and more strictInstitutional CollectivismValue score 4.20
Practice score 4.21
High, open communicationValue score 4.52
Practice score 4.67
Higher, strict communicationIn-Group CollectivismValue score 5.79
Practice score 4.22
Lower and less strictValue score V5.12
Practice score 5.86
High and rigidAssertivenessValue score 4.36
Practice score 4.50Value score 5.52
Practice score 3.77Gender EgalitarianismValue score 5.03
Practice score 3.36
highValue score 3.73
Practice score 3.03
moderateFuture OrientationValue score 5.34
Practice score 4.13
moderateValue score 4.7
Practice score 3.68
highPower DistanceValue score 2.88
Practice score 4.92
Lower, open communicationValue score 3.01
Practice score 5.02
High, strict communication 
The Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) is a research study that began in 1993 and it still an ongoing study of national culture and leadership across the globe (Minkov ,2011). The aim of the project is to determine the organizational and societal dimensions of culture and its effects on the leadership behaviors, country prosperity as well as the well-being of the members of the society (White, 2015). The research attempts to find out what features distinguish the practices of one culture from the other and the acceptable leadership behavior and organizational practices in a particular culture.
The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast the culture of USA and China in terms of the societal dimensions of culture. In terms of performance orientation, China has a higher ranking than the USA. In USA business structure, financial and promotional incentives are based on performance while in China organizations are required to reward for performance because of the high level of competition (Minkov, 2011).
USA has a lower uncertainty avoidance than China due to the dynamic nature of the western capitalist culture of entrepreneurship and risk taking. China follows a more traditional social and economic structure, therefore has a high uncertainty avoidance (Robert, 2013).
In terms of human orientation USA scores lower than china. In China there is a greater family orientation ...