What is the GLOBE Project?

The GLOBE project is an international research project aimed at creating, testing, and validating theories retailed to the relationship between culture and societal, organizational, and leadership effectiveness. 

GLOBE Project Dimensions

The GLOBE project identified the following nine dimensions of culture.

Performance Orientation

This concerns ones disposition toward performance and incentivizes performance improvement.

Uncertainty Avoidance

This concerns ones disposition toward unpredictable outcomes from actions.

Assertiveness 

This concerns ones aggressiveness and deposition toward confrontation.

Power Distance

This concerns ones disposition toward the unequal disposition of power within the organization.

Gender Egalitarianism 

This concerns the disposition toward gender equality and equity rights or opportunities for women.

Institutional Collectivism

This refers to ones strength of association with a group or organization.

Humane Orientation

This concerns one disposition to rewards for being fair, altruistic, generous, and kind to others.

Future Orientation

This concerns ones disposition toward long-term planning and future benefits (at the expense of immediate gratification).

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