Page 171 - Cultures and Organizations

He, She, and (S)he 147

FIGURE 5.1 Masculinity Versus Individualism

5
Guatemala
Ecuador
Panama
Colombia Venezuela
Indonesia
Costa Rica
15 Pakistan
Trinidad
Peru Taiwan
S Korea Singapore
El Salvador Africa W Bangladesh China
collectivist 25 Chile Serbia Hong Kong
Thailand
Vietnam
Slovenia Portugal Africa E Malaysia
Bulgaria Romania Mexico
Philippines
Croatia
35 Greece
Uruguay
Brazil
Turkey
Arab ctrs Jamaica
Russia
Iran Argentina
Individualism (IDV) Suriname Israel India Japan
Morocco
45
Spain
Slovakia
55
Malta Czech Rep. Austria
Lithuania Estonia Poland
Luxembourg
Finland
65 Switzerland Fr S Africa
Norway Germany
Switzerland Ge
Latvia
France Ireland
Sweden
Belgium Fr
Denmark Canada Quebec
75
Italy
Belgium Nl New Zealand
Netherlands Canada total Hungary
individualist 85 Australia United States
Great Britain
95
5 25 45 65 85
feminine Masculinity (MAS) masculine
about one dimension or two is that it depends on our level of analysis.
It depends on whether we try to compare the cultures of entire societies
(which is what this book is about) or to compare individuals within societ-
ies. An individual can be both masculine and feminine at the same time, 11
but a country culture is either predominantly one or predominantly the
other. If in a country more people hold masculine values, fewer people hold
feminine values.