What is Geert Hofstede?
'''Gerard Hendrik''' ('''Geert''') '''Hofstede''' (2 October 1928 – 12 February 2020) was a Dutch [[social psychologist]], [[IBM]] employee, and Professor Emeritus of Organizational Anthropology and International Management at [[Maastricht University]] in the Netherlands. He was well known for his pioneering research on [[cross-cultural]] groups and organizations. He was born in [[Haarlem]], Netherlands. His most notable work was in developing [[Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory|cultural dimensions theory]]. He was known for his books ''Culture's Consequences'' and ''Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind'', co-authored with his son Gert Jan Hofstede.<ref>{{cite book |title= Culture's Consequences: comparing values, behaviors, institutions, and organizations across nations|url= https://archive.org/details/culturesconseque0000hofs|last= Hofstede|first= Geert|year= 2001|edition= 2nd|publisher=[[SAGE Publications]]|location= Thousand Oaks, CA|isbn= 978-0-8039-7323-7|oclc= 45093960}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Cultures and organizations: software of the mind|url= https://archive.org/details/culturesorganiza0000hofs_k8j8|last= Hofstede|first= Geert|author2=Hofstede, Gert Jan|year= 2005|edition= Revised and expanded 2nd|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]]|location= New York|isbn= 978-0-07-143959-6|oclc= 57069196}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.geerthofstede.nl Geert Hofstede's academic website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofstede, Geert}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch psychologists]] {{bio-stub}}