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Why Countries Stay Free: 4 Cultural Dimensions - Hofstede and Schwartz. Wednesday’s Edition.

Why some countries become democracies and others do not. Series 26 #2

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May 27, 2026
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In 1965, Geert Hofstede was hired by IBM to study employee morale. The company had offices in more than 50 countries, the same company, the same job titles, and the same training. Hofstede expected the same answers. He found the opposite.

The same survey question, asked of the same kind of worker, yielded different answers depending on which nation the …

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