Geert Hofstede, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Geert Hofstede

Dutch psychologist

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1928

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: writer, professor, economist, psychologist, university teacher, anthropologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Gerard Hendrik (Geert) Hofstede (born 2 October 1928) is a Dutch social psychologist, former IBM employee, and Professor Emeritus of Organizational Anthropology and International Management at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, well known for his pioneering research on cross-cultural groups and organizations. His most notable work has been in developing cultural dimensions theory.
Here he describes national cultures along six dimensions: Power Distance, Individualism, Uncertainty avoidance, Masculinity, Long Term Orientation, and Indulgence vs.
restraint.
He is known for his books Culture's Consequences and Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, co-authored with his son Gert Jan Hofstede.
The latter book deals with organizational culture, which is a different structure from national culture, but also has measurable dimensions, and the same research methodology is used for both.