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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The crucial element of this book constitutes the synthesis of cultural dimensions from existing cultural taxonomies, extended by the operationalization of the eight identified Universal Dimensions of Culture (UDCs) into a questionnaire. First, an extensive Systematic Literature Review (SLR) is pursued to identify the current state of research, demonstrating the research gap on a unified approach for classifying national cultures into cultural dimensions. Eight assumptions displaying the eight UDCs are derived from the results of the SLR. Subsequently, an evaluation and selection framework for identifying the research base of comparable existing cultural taxonomies is developed. A research base of 11 cultural taxonomies and 50 cultural dimensions is retrieved. These serves as the basis for developing the eight UDCs, following a synthesis process and protocol. The eight UDCs are operationalized into a questionnaire, which is extensively pre-tested by experts and in the field. An example country study for Germany, Canada, and Brazil is conducted, and the corresponding country profiles for the eight UDCs are displayed.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Sophie Kunert holds a doctorate and a Master of Sciences in economics from the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany). She always kept a balance between academia and industry, spending several years working and studying abroad.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Eight Universal Dimensions of Culture from a Synthesis of Cultural Taxonomies
Book Subtitle: A Compendium on Cultural Taxonomies and a Tool for the Universal Dimensions of Culture
Authors: Sophie Kunert
Series Title: Gabler Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38765-5
Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-38764-8Published: 30 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-38765-5Published: 29 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2731-3220
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3239
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 346
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Economics