A cultural exploration of Slovenia in general and in terms of business affairs

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

26 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

04/24/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Sociology

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Summary :

Abstract
Introduction
1. Topic and purpose
2. Context
3. Boundaries - Focus of the Study
4. Aims and objectives
5. Constraints
6. Outline of the chapters
Literature review
1. Introduction
2. Hofstede's work
3. Edward T. Hall's work
Methodology
1. Ethics
2. Selection, explanation and justification of the research methods
3. Procedure of the interviews
4. Limitations and advantages of the used methodology
Findings and analysis
1. Power distance
2. Collectivism
3. Uncertainty avoidance
4. Long-term versus short-term orientation
5. Masculinity versus femininity
6. High context versus low context
Conclusion from the data analyzed
1. Hofstede's dimensions
2. Hall's cultural factors
3. Application of relevant theory to the data gathered
4. Conclusions from data related to prior research of others
5. Need for further research
References

Abstract

Abstract - This text deals with slovenia's culture in general and in terms of business affairs. Literature of contemporary culture theorists is critically discussed. Focus is set on Geert Hofstede's cultural dimensions and Edward T. Hall‟s theory of high -and low-context cultures. slovenia has been evaluated or respectively, re-evaluated according to these theories and consequently an original theory of slovenia's culture has been designed. For this purpose, a small and thus not representative sample of the Slovenian population has been interviewed and these findings have been analyzed on the basis of Hall‟s and Hofstede's work. The outcome of this work differs from Hofstede's results and provides an end result of slovenia being mainly low-context. Introduction - Many people simply still do not know much about slovenia. The author herself, being Slovenian, has often enough been confronted with the question of whether slovenia is another word for Slovakia. This is probably the reason for such statements like the following. "A cautious sort of place: Slovenes talk like Estonians, but act like Austrians" (Lucas, 2007).