Hofstede's Dimensions Applied to Sri Lanka

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Hofstede's Dimensions Applied to Sri Lanka

Power Distance: 80

Mahinda Rajapaksa (President of Sri Lanka)

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Sri Lanka has a high score in this dimension, which means it has a hierarchical society. People who live in this society just accept the orders they receive from their higher power and follow through with it without asking questions. The boss basically has all the powers and whatever he says has to be done and no one should expect equality to take place during these actions.

The "Power Distance" Dimension describes how those who are less in power in an organization within their country accept the fact that power is given unequally.

Individualism: 35

Crimes made by a member in this society can lead to disappointment and for the rest of the society to misunderstand your relationship between your co-workers.

Taking responsibility for other members in the collectivistic society

Since Sri Lanka's score stands on the lower end of the scale, this means it is a collectivistic society. A collectivistic society basically means that people are grouped into a society that'll take care of them, but for loyalty as repayment. It's a matter of the society choosing to go in a "I" or "We" term. This means people tend to have a stronger link to their group (within family and friends, not just work partners), and may cancel out the other societal conducts.

Masculinity: 10

Feminine countries are known to revolve around the idea of "working in order to live", valuing equality (found outside of work places), and to find resolution out of a "fair deal".

Since Sri Lanka has a low score on Masculinity, their culture is considered to have a Feminine society. This means that the society focuses more on the quality of life and success rather than being in a competitive society, but this could lead to receiving backlash if you stand out from the crowd.