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(with Gert Jan Hofstede) Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
Revised and expanded 2nd Edition, 436 pages. New York: McGraw-Hill USA, 2005, ISBN 0-07-143959-5.
Paperback only. Entirely re-written and updated version of the 1997 book for a general and student readership.
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Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations, 2nd Edition 596 pages. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 2001, hardcover only. ISBN 0-8039-7323-3.
An entirely re-written version of the 1980 scholarly book in which I first exposed my theories. 60% of the literature reviewed is from after 1980.
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(with Gert Jan Hofstede - first author- and Paul B. Pedersen) Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories and Synthetic Cultures. 234 pages. Yarmouth, Maine: Intercultural Press, 2002, paperback. ISBN 1-877864-90-0.
A source book for intercultural trainers and their committed students, based upon my approach to national culture differences.
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(GH and associates) Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures 238 pages. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 1998, hardcover ISBN 0-7619-1028-X; paperback ISBN 0-7619-1029-8.
Half reader, half monograph. Eight short chapters describing research on the subject by Michael H. Hoppe, Willem A. Arrindell, Marieke de Mooij, Deborah L. Best & John E. Williams, Evert van de Vliert , Jacques H.A. van Rossum, Mieke Vunderink and Johan Verweij. Four longer chapters by me: An introduction and consequences for gender roles, sexual behavior and religion.
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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
279 pages. New York: McGraw-Hill USA, 1997, ISBN 0-07-029307-4
Earlier published by McGraw-Hill UK, London 1991. Various other paperback editions. Now obsolete, replaced by revised edition 2005, see above. For translations click here.
Uncommon Sense about Organizations: Cases, Studies and Field Observations 299 pages. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 1994, hardcover ISBN 0-8039-5366-6; paperback ISBN 0-8039-5367-4. A collection of 17 different chapters around the topics: I. The impact of jobs on people; II. Power and control in organizations; and III. Studies in training settings. All chapters are based on my own research, and all present counter-intuitive outcomes. Chapters are suitable for classroom use in a course of Organizational Behavior.
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Translations of "Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind", revised and expanded 2nd edition, by Hofstede & Hofstede

Czech Kultury a organizace: Software lidské mysli
Praha: Linde nakladatelství s.r.o., 2006. ISBN 80-86131-70-X.
Danish Kulturer og organisationer: Overlevelse i en grænseoverskridende verden
Copenhagen: Handelshøjskolens forlag, 2006. ISBN 87-629-0252-0.
Dutch Allemaal andersdenkenden: omgaan met cultuurverschillen
Amsterdam: Contact, 27th Edition 2008. ISBN 90-254-2681-6.
German Lokales Denken, globales Handeln: Interkulturelle Zusammenarbeit und globales Management, 3. Auflage
München: Beck/DTV, 2006. ISBN 3-423-50807-8.
Hungarian Kultúrák és szervezetek: Az elme szoftvere
Pécs: VHE Kft, 2008. ISBN 978-963-06-5897-3.
Polish Kultury i organizacje: Zaprogramowanie umyslu.
Warsaw: Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, 2nd edition 2007, ISBN 83-208-1685-8.
Swedish Organisationer och kulturer - andra upplagan
Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2005. ISBN 91-44-03563-2.



Translations of "Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories and Synthetic Cultures" by Hofstede, Pedersen & Hofstede

Bulgarian Izsledvanye na kulturata: Yprazhnenya, istrorii i syntetichni kultury
Sofia, Klasika i Stil, 2003. ISBN 954-9964-93-0
Dutch Werken met cultuurverschillen
Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Business Contact, 2004. ISBN90-254-1826-0.
Estonian Kultuuri uurides: Ülesanded, naïted, sünteetilised kultuurid.
Eesti, Vaïke Vanker, 2nd edition, 2007. ISBN 9985-9556-0-9
Slovenian Komuniciranje Raziskovanje kulture: Primeri, vaje in simulacije.
Ljubljana, Druzba Piano, 2006, ISBN 961-91751-1-5.



Translations of "Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind" (first edition, by Geert Hofstede)

Bulgarian Kulturi i organizatsii- Softuer na uma
Sofia: Klasika i Stil, 2001. ISBN 954-9964-13-2.
Chinese Beijing: Science Press, 1996. ISBN 7-03-004246-8.


Finnish Kulttuurit ja organisaatiot - Mielen ohjelmointi.
Helsinki: Werner Söderström Oy, 1992. ISBN 951-0-18575-2.
French Vivre dans un monde multiculturel: Comprendre nos programmations mentales
Paris: Les Éditions d'Organisation, 1994. ISBN 2-7081-1406-9.
Japanese Tabunka sekai. Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 1995. ISBN 4-641-07578-6.


Korean Seoul: Hakjisa, 1995. ISBN 89-7548-057-7.


Norwegian Kulturer og organisasjoner.
Oslo: Bedriftsøkonomens Forlag, 1993. ISBN 87-569-2790-8.
Portuguese Culturas e organizações: Compreender a nossa programação mental
Lisboa: Edições Sílabo, 1997. ISBN 0-07-707474-2.
Romanian Managementul structurilor multi-culturale: Software-ul gândirii
Bucuresti: Editura Economica, 1996. ISBN 973-9198-01-5.
Spanish Culturas y organizaciones: El software mental
Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 1999. ISBN 84-206-6762-9.

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