Hofstede cultural aspects - France VS Slovakia

1. Power distance

France : 68 points

  • From an early age, children are dependent on their parents​

  • People keep this dependency with their teachers and then their bosses​

  • French companies often have many hierarchical levels​

  • Superiors often have privileges

Slovakia : 100 points

  • They accept that some people have more power than others​

  • People with power can use it​

  • They don't see power as something negative​

  • It is used to have structure and clarity between people working together​

2. Individualism VS Collectivism

France : 74 points

  • Emotionally independent about the groups to which they belong​

  • Family has more emotional glue​

  • They may think that they know better, yet are not able to express so​

  • Strong distinction between work and private life

Slovakia :  57 points

  • Preference for a loosely-knit social framework​

  • Expected to take care of themselves and their immediate families only​

  • The employer/employee relationship is a contract based on mutual advantage​

  • Promotion decisions are supposed to be based on merit only​

3. Masculinity VS Feminity

France : 43 points

  • A preference for cooperation, modesty, quality of life and caring for the disadvantaged​

  • A society for equality of men and women

Slovakia :  100 points

  • A majority of men in the head of company​
  • A society characterize by the achivement, heroism, assertiveness and material rewards for success​
  • Very competitive professional world​

4. Uncertainty avoidance index​


France : 86 points

  • Don't like surprises​

  • Structure and planning​

  • Developing complex technologies​

Slovakia : 51 points

  • No clear preference with an intermediate score of 51. 

5. Long / short term orientation

France : 60 points

  • Pragmatic country​

  • A strong propensity to save and invest​

  • Perseverance in achieving results

Slovakia : 53 points

  • Relatively pragmatic country​
  • People believe that truth depends very much on situation, context, and time​
  • Ability to adapt traditions easily to changed conditions​

6. Indulgence VS Restraint

France : 48 points

  • Intermediate position​ 

  • Balance between satisfying pleasures and being restraint​ 

  • Notion of social limits and duties

Slovakia : 28 points

  • Tendency to master their desires​ 

  • Control their emotions​ 

  • Stronghly respect society rules/codes

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