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Gerard Hendrik (Geert) Hofstede (born 2 October 1928 in Haarlem) is a Dutch social psychologist, former 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. His most notable work has been in developing cultural dimensions theory. Here he describes national cultures as describable along five dimensions: Power Distance, Individualism, Uncertainty avoidance, Masculinity, and Long Term Orientation. He is known for his books ''Culture's Consequences'' and ''Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind'', co-authored with his son Gert Jan Hofstede. ==Biography== Born to Gerrit and Evertine G. (Veenhoven) Hofstede, Geert Hofstede attended schools in The Hague and Apeldoorn, and received his high school diploma (Gymnasium Beta) in 1945.〔 In 1953, Hofstede graduated from Delft Technical University with an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. After working in the industry for ten years, Hofstede entered part-time doctoral study at Groningen University in The Netherlands, and received his PhD in social psychology cum laude in 1967.〔 His thesis was titled “The Game of Budget Control.” Upon his graduation from Delft in 1953, Hofstede joined the Dutch military, working as a technical officer in the Dutch army for two years. After leaving the military he worked in industry from 1955 to 1965, starting as a factory hand in Amsterdam.〔 In 1965 he started his graduate study in Groningen and joined IBM International, working as a management trainer and manager of personnel research. He founded and managed the Personnel Research Department. During a two-year sabbatical from IBM from 1971 to 1973 he was a visiting lecturer at IMEDE (now the International Institute for Management Development). In 1980, Hofstede co-founded and became the first Director for the IRIC, the Institute for Research on Intercultural Cooperation, located at Tilburg University since 1998. Since his retirement in 1993, Hofstede has visited numerous universities worldwide to educate students on his theoretical approaches and to continue his research in this field. He currently is Professor Emeritus of Organizational Anthropology and International Management at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and serves as an extramural fellow of the Center of Economic Research at Tilburg University in Tilburg, Netherlands. Hofstede received many honorary awards,〔Honorary awards: * Honorary member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Section of Economics and Law, 2010 ((MTA honorary member )) * International Honorary Member, AIESEC * Honorary Member, SIETAR Europe (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research) * 1992 Honorary Member, EFM Imperator (today: SCOPE Maastricht) ((Honorary Members of SCOPE Maastricht and predecessor associations )) * Fellow, Academy of Management, United States * 2006 Honorary Fellow, International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology ((Honorary Fellows of IACCP )) * 1998 Eminent Scholar, Academy of International Business, United States ((AIB Fellows' Eminent Scholar Award ))〕 and in 2011 was made a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw). He holds honorary doctorates from seven universities in Europe,〔 Nyenrode Business University, New Bulgarian University,〔(NBU Doctors Honoris Causa )〕 Athens University of Economics and Business, University of Gothenburg, University of Liège, ISM University of Management and Economics, University of Pécs in 2009, and University of Tartu in 2012. He also received honorary professorships at The University of Hong Kong 1992–2000; the Beijing University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China; and the Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. In 1955, Hofstede married Maaike A. van den Hoek. Together, they have four sons: Gert-Jan Hofstede, who is a population biologist and social scientist in information management; Rokus Hofstede, who works as a translator; Bart Hofstede, who is a Cultural Counselor of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Berlin, and Gideon Hofstede, who works as an international marketeer. He also has ten grandchildren. Gert-Jan has worked extensively with his father and co-authored several works in the realm of culture study.〔〔 In 2014, a movie was released about Geert Hofstede's life and work titled ''An Engineer's Odyssey''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geert Hofstede」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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