Discuss the similarities and differences between the Hofstede dimensions and the Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner dimensions.

What will be an ideal response?

The Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner dimension of communitarianism–individualism seems to be virtually identical to Hofstede’s collectivism–individualism. Their achievement–ascription value orientation appears to be somewhat related to Hofstede’s power distance dimension; Hofstede’s dimension is broader in that it includes how status is accorded but also how the culture accepts power distance. Their universalism–particularism dimension, which describes a preference for rules, could overlap with Hofstede’s uncertainty avoidance dimension and the collectivism–individualism dimension. Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner’s other dimensions don’t have a clear relationship to Hofstede’s.