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Article: Education and competitive economy: How do cultural dimensions fit in?

TitleEducation and competitive economy: How do cultural dimensions fit in?
Authors
KeywordsCross-country
Globalization
Higher education
Hofstede's cultural dimensions
Issue Date2010
PublisherSpringer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0018-1560
Citation
Higher Education, 2010, v. 59 n. 5, p. 525-541 How to Cite?
AbstractGlobalization has changed the way people behave in different aspects of life. One of the significant differences is that people are now competing with everyone around the world, not just people within or near their own regions. A good way of remaining competitive is to provide quality education that can help students meet the needs of the competitive economy. However, not all nations are responding in the same way. Using a quantitative approach, this explorative study seeks to discover if, and how, cultural dimensions fit into the process of meeting the demands of the competitive economy by means of education across regions. Forty-three regions with different ratings on the Power Distance Index (PDI), Individualism (IDV), Masculinity (MAS), and the Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) are included in this study. The results show that UAI, PDI and IDV are significant factors relating to this issue. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/124053
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.065
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dc.contributor.authorCheung, HYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, AWHen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-19T04:36:19Z-
dc.date.available2010-10-19T04:36:19Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationHigher Education, 2010, v. 59 n. 5, p. 525-541en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0018-1560en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/124053-
dc.description.abstractGlobalization has changed the way people behave in different aspects of life. One of the significant differences is that people are now competing with everyone around the world, not just people within or near their own regions. A good way of remaining competitive is to provide quality education that can help students meet the needs of the competitive economy. However, not all nations are responding in the same way. Using a quantitative approach, this explorative study seeks to discover if, and how, cultural dimensions fit into the process of meeting the demands of the competitive economy by means of education across regions. Forty-three regions with different ratings on the Power Distance Index (PDI), Individualism (IDV), Masculinity (MAS), and the Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) are included in this study. The results show that UAI, PDI and IDV are significant factors relating to this issue. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0018-1560en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofHigher Educationen_HK
dc.rightsThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.comen_HK
dc.subjectCross-countryen_HK
dc.subjectGlobalizationen_HK
dc.subjectHigher educationen_HK
dc.subjectHofstede's cultural dimensionsen_HK
dc.titleEducation and competitive economy: How do cultural dimensions fit in?en_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0018-1560&volume=59&issue=5&spage=525&epage=541&date=2010&atitle=Education+and+competitive+economy:+how+do+cultural+dimensions+fit+in?-
dc.identifier.emailChan, AWH: awhchan@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10734-009-9263-4en_HK
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dc.identifier.volume59en_HK
dc.identifier.issue5en_HK
dc.identifier.spage525en_HK
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dc.description.otherSpringer Open Choice, 01 Dec 2010-
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