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02476aam a2200325Ia 4500 001 B634F7D46A8C11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 110627s2011 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0857246135 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780857246134 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)733035321 040 $a SISPL $c SISPL $d NLE $d CDX $d YDXCP $d LML $d COD $d BWK $d BWX $d DEBBG $d UKMGB $d MUU $d NTE $d OBE $d IWA $d SILO 100 1 $a Minkov, Michael. 245 10 $a Cultural differences in a globalizing world / $c by Michael Minkov ; foreword by Geert Hofstede. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Bingley, UK : $b Emerald, $c 2011. 300 $a xxii, 293 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "This book depicts the world's national and ethnic cultures in an unprecedented way. It is based on analyses of all publicly available large databases that provide cultural indicators about modern nations: the World Values Survey, the United Nations Statistics Division, the world Health Organization and many academic studies. The author explains some of the main cultural differences between modern nations and ethnic groups across the globe. The readers will understand why human societies differ on many important indicators and what culture has to do with these: speed of economic development, happiness, tolerance of diversity, religiousness, national pride, educational achievement, difficult integration of immigrants, suicides rates, gender equality, violent crime, competition for women and sexual norms, adolescent fertility and HIV rates, corruption, rule of law, road death tolls, punctuality."--P. [4] of cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and indexes. 505 0 $a The study of culture and its origins -- Major cross-cultural studies -- Industry versus indulgence -- Monumentalism versus flexumility -- Hypometropia versus prudence -- Exclusionism versus universalism -- A cultural map of the world -- Conclusions and final remarks. 650 0 $a Cross-cultural studies. 650 0 $a Globalization $v Cross-cultural studies. 650 0 $a Culture and globalization. 700 1 $a Hofstede, Geert H. 856 42 $u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=024170778&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA $z Contents 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825092232.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B634F7D46A8C11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search