The Hofstede model and national cultures of learning: a comparison of undergraduate survey data
| dc.contributor.author | Whalen, John Matthew, author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nekrasonva-Beker, Tatiana, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Becker, Tony, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Opsomer, Jean, committee member | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-18T23:10:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-18T23:10:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Researchers in cross-cultural pedagogy often invoke the work of Hofstede (1980; 1986) and Hofstede, Hofstede, and Minkov (2010) to explain variation in classroom behavioral norms across countries (e.g. Cronjé, 2011; Li & Guo, 2012; Tananuraksakul, 2013). Although Hofstede' s model of culture was developed from IBM employee surveys to facilitate cross-cultural management, Hofstede explicitly suggests that his findings can be generalized to student and teacher behavior in the classroom. The present study tests this suggestion by administering an online survey to university students (n=625) in the following countries: USA (n=181), South Africa (n=l03), China (n=64), Turkey, (n=60), Russia, (n=59), Finland (n=58), Vietnam (n=52), and France (n=48). Although the number of countries included in this study is too low to produce globally generalizable results, a statistical comparison of national means on each item fails to support Hofstede's predictions about how national culture manifests in the classroom for these particular countries. Instead, provisional support is found for the creation of a new set of cultural dimensions for the specific purpose of studying classroom culture, with three such dimensions emerging from a principal components analysis of the present data set. The examination of national differences on individual items in this survey can also be useful for traveling instructors of English-speaking university classrooms. | |
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| dc.format.medium | masters theses | |
| dc.identifier | Whalen_colostate_0053N_13695.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176662 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2000-2019 | |
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| dc.title | The Hofstede model and national cultures of learning: a comparison of undergraduate survey data | |
| dc.type | Text | |
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| thesis.degree.discipline | English | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Colorado State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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