PSYCHOLOGIST

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geert Hofstede has received more than 847,709 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Geert Hofstede is the 61st most popular psychologist (down from 49th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 84th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Psychologist.

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 61 out of 235. Before him are Alexander Luria, Fritz Perls, Stanley Milgram, Pierre Janet, Solomon Asch, and Roger Wolcott Sperry. After him are Karl Abraham, Stanislav Grof, Leon Festinger, Alice Miller, Philip Zimbardo, and Margaret Mahler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Geert Hofstede ranks 55. Before him are Alfonso de Portago, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Li Ka-shing, Arnold Rüütel, Karlheinz Böhm, and Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. After him are Li Peng, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Elliott Erwitt, Carl Woese, Jacques Rivette, and Hardy Krüger. Among people deceased in 2020, Geert Hofstede ranks 45. Before him are Kobe Bryant, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nexhmije Hoxha, Eduard Limonov, Kenzō Takada, and Luis Sepúlveda. After him are Mirella Freni, Masatoshi Koshiba, Philip Warren Anderson, Kim Ki-duk, Buck Henry, and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Geert Hofstede ranks 137 out of 1,646. Before him are Nicolaes Tulp (1593), George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Gerard David (1450), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Anton Mauve (1838), and Etty Hillesum (1914). After him are Pim Fortuyn (1948), Pieter van der Aa (1659), Bernard Haitink (1929), Jan Swammerdam (1637), Ary Scheffer (1795), and Meindert Hobbema (1638).

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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), C. George Boeree (1952), and Frederik van Eeden (1860).

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