Well, Hofstede&#x27;s pragmatism dimension is something specific. Sometimes he calls it &quot;Long Term Orientation&quot;. It was original identified as a dimension on which East Asian countries strongly differed from the west, and one of the first studies referred to it as &quot;Confucian Work Dynamism&quot;.<p>So, if you prefer to think of it as Confucian Work Dynamism, it&#x27;s no longer tied to the name of a quality the US would naturally consider itself as having.<p>Hofstede&#x27;s project is a bit naively empirical and prone to generalizations, but he&#x27;s trying to talk about something real.<p>&quot;the long-term pole corresponds to Bond’s Confucian Work
Dynamism. Values found at this pole were perseverance, thrift, ordering relationships by status, and having a sense of shame; values at the opposite, short term pole were reciprocating social obligations, respect for tradition, protecting one&#x27;s &#x27;face&#x27;, and personal steadiness and stability&quot;
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