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A Transposition of the Minkov-Hofstede Model of Culture to the Individual Level of Analysis

Evidence from Mongolia

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ID7276567
AuthorsM Minkov (0000-0002-6919-2560, Varna University of Management), Boris Sokolov (0000-0002-5151-8147, National Research University Higher School of Economics), Marc Albert Tasse, Erdenebileg Jamballuu (SICA Mongolia), Michael Schachner (0000-0002-9388-7485, Hofstede Insights, Inc), A Kaasa (0000-0003-2792-0977, University of Tartu)
Year2023
Volume57
Issue2-3
Pages264-293
Publication date2023-01-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10693971231153461
OpenAlexW4317521229
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited54

After Hofstede proposed individualism-collectivism (IDV-COLL) as a dimension of national culture, numerous studies have used that name to refer to individual-level psychological constructs, based on theories and empirical operationalizations that are not necessarily compatible with the Hofstede tradition. This has created confusion. In this study, we investigate whether the two revised Minkov-Hofstede dimensions of national culture - IDV-COLL and “flexibility-monumentalism” (FLX-MON) - have individual-level counterparts and if they are isomorphic (have the same structure at both levels of analysis). We find that the three main conceptual facets of national COLL (conformism, ascendancy, and exclusionism) and the three of MON (self-esteem, self-stability, and generosity) materialize as six independent individual-level dimensions in a nationally representative sample from Mongolia ( n = 1500). This structure emerged in a confirmatory factor analysis, multidimensional scaling, and hierarchical cluster analyses. This is the first series of analyses of the structure of the individual-level ingredients of national IDV-COLL and FLX-MON

Collectivism · Confirmatory factor analysis · Dimension (graph theory · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory · Individualism · Political science · Sociology · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Cultural Differences and Values · Mathematics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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