Cultural Dimensions in Netherlands

In the “Managerial Conflict Management in Five European Countries: The Significance of Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance, and Masculinity,” Greet Hofstede constructed a theoretical framework that explains the cross-cultural contacts in society. In the factor analysis, the framework highlights the implications of society’s culture on personal behavior as well as the interaction between values and opportunity. The power distance is the level at which the community believes and accepts that power is unequally allocated. In sociological and psychological studies, the dimension is used to determine specific stances on the distribution of duties between genders in society. Males typically have greater opportunities than females. The paper will review the article about cultural dimensions in three countries to determine the stance and opportunities in Netherlands.

Netherlands Stance

The article reveals that there are managerial conflicts when it comes to power ranking and distribution between the masculine and feminine in the four-nation. The research paper reveals that the Dutch managers prefer constructive conflict resolution means in the intermediate positions with their sup superiors. The prediction indicated that the feminine nations (Netherlands and Denmark), showed more responsible behavior than masculine nations. Therefore, the Dutch prefers feminine gender with intermediate managerial powers than masculine.

Opportunities in Cultural Dimensions

Even though the articles did not address the opportunities in the cultural dimension of depth, the followings gaps seem open. The country should focus on staying on low power distance to involve subordinates in effective decision making. Mixing of genders in management positions brings variant behaviors that accommodate everyone in the organization.

Conclusion

To summarize, the cultural dimensions explain the county’s stance when offering different opportunities. The Dutch is a feminine nation. Most common managerial jobs go to women. This has brought much conflict in power distribution and decision making. Therefore, the research proposes adoption of a low power distance and mixing of genders in the positions to avoid conflicts.

Work Cited

Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter, Lonneke Mechelse, and Carsten KW Dreu. “Managerial conflict management in five European countries: The importance of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity.” Applied psychology 47.3 (1998): 439-455.