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All societies are unequal, but some are more unequal than others.

— Geert Hofstede Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values (1980)

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Culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others.

Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values (1980)

Individualism implies a loosely knit social framework in which people are supposed to take care of themselves and of their immediate families only.

Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values (1980)

Values are a broad tendency to prefer certain states of affairs over others.

Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values (1980)

Individualism denotes the relationship between the individual and the collectivity which prevails in a given society.

Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values (1980)

Individualism pertains to societies in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate family.

Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values (1980)

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