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Geert Hofstede

1928 - 2020

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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, well known for his pioneering research on cross-cultural groups and organizations. He is best known for developing one of the earliest and most popular frameworks for measuring cultural dimensions in a global perspective. Here he described national cultures along six dimensions: power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, long term orientation, and indulgence vs. restraint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geert Hofstede is the 75th most popular psychologist (down from 61st in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 137th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Psychologist. Learn more about Geert Hofstede's academic impact at Rankless.

Geert Hofstede is most famous for his work in cultural dimensions theory. He was able to identify five dimensions that are the basis of culture. These dimensions are power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and long-term orientation.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Geert Hofstede ranks 75 out of 235. Before him are Karl Bühler, Margaret Mahler, Karl Abraham, Otto Rank, Ernst Kretschmer, and Mary Ainsworth. After him are Wilfred Bion, Stanislav Grof, Edward B. Titchener, Alexander Bain, David Wechsler, and George Armitage Miller.

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Among people born in 1928, Geert Hofstede ranks 65. Before him are Hardy Krüger, Reynaldo Bignone, Karlheinz Böhm, Takeshi Inoue, Jacques Rivette, and Ján Zachara. After him are Alan J. Pakula, James Garner, Pat Hitchcock, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Giampiero Boniperti, and Zhu Rongji. Among people deceased in 2020, Geert Hofstede ranks 64. Before him are Amadou Toumani Touré, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ken Hensley, Stirling Moss, Mario J. Molina, and Brian Dennehy. After him are Mary Higgins Clark, Radomir Antić, Joel Schumacher, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Freeman Dyson, and Buck Henry.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Geert Hofstede ranks 147 out of 1,646. Before him are Tom Gehrels (1925), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Wim Kok (1938), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), and Robert van Gulik (1910). After him are Paulus Potter (1625), Joris Ivens (1898), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), René van de Kerkhof (1951), and Johnny Rep (1951).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among psychologists born in Netherlands, Geert Hofstede ranks 1. After him are Frans de Waal (1948), Henri Nouwen (1932), Frederik van Eeden (1860), and C. George Boeree (1952).

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