Global clustering of countries by culture - an extension of the GLOBE study

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Keywords

Cultural cluster; Country grouping; GLOBE study; Taxonomy of cultures.

Abstract

In the "Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness" (GLOBE) Research Program (House et al., 2004; Chokkar et al., 2007), research collaborators around the world studied leadership attributes by first grouping 62 societies around the world into 10 country clusters based on their cultural similarities. Because the groupings were based on empirical cultural dimensions obtained from individuals surveyed...