organization called IBM at that time, so it is not fair to say that foreigner's cultural values can represents the Korean's values toward cultures. Also this study was based on a total sample of a hundred thousand participants, and this sample was not evenly distributed. Some nations were studied with samples of several thousand, while others were represented by samples as small as 74 and 80.
cultural approaches can become a lopsided interpretation of the matter. Therefore, to have a balanced and overall view of a company’s condition, we believed that the Diamond model is the right fit. Porter (1990) brings together firm-specific linkages between the determinants and his model is useful and potentially predictive for firm level as well as industrial and national level studies (Bark
culture as ‘la culture Mickey Mouse’ which involves hypocrisy. So smiling-everyday faces may not be welcomed in France.
2.2.4. National Idiosyncrasies
It is widely admitted and acknowledged that French people have very strong pride in being French. Besides of having a strong pride, French people are also known as “Saint Thomas the Skeptic” or “Doubting Thomas” which means somewhat
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맞추었고, 이후 50개 국가와 3개 지역으로 확장했다.) 자회사들 사이에 서로 다른 국가의 직원 117,000명 표본의 답변을 같은 방식으로 대조하여 국가적 가치관의 차이에 관해 연구하여 표준화하고 계량화하였으며, 이를 ‘홉스테드(Geert Hofstede)’의 문화차원이론(cultural dimensions theory)’이라고 한다.