Project
This website represents a graduate school project by Luke Greer for INTR 561 Intercultural Communication at Wheaton College Graduate School.
Principle Aim
The principle aim of this project is to offer a high degree of data comparison to readers of Cultures and Organizations (Hofstede and Hofstede 2005).
Acknowledgments
Cultural dimension score data:
Hofstede, G., & Jan, G. (2005). Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Other demographic data:
2006 Census: Portrait of the Canadian Population. (2006). From Statistics Canada. Retrieved, November 30, 2007, from Canada’s National Statistics Agency website: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/analysis/popdwell/ProvTerr3.cfm
Census 2001 Digital Atlas. (2001). From Statistics South Africa. Retrieved November 27, 2007, from Statistics South Africa website: http://www.statssa.gov.za/census2001/digiAtlas/index.html
Central Intelligence Agency, (2007). The World Factbook: 2007, CIA’s 2006. Washington: Potomac Books.
Countries and Regions. (2007). From The World Bank. Retrieved December 1, 2007, from the World Bank website: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/0,,pagePK:180619~theSitePK:136917,00.html
Fleming and Walloon. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 28, 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9034547
Johnstone, P., (1993). Operation World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Lüdi, Georges and Werlen, Iwar. “Recensement Fédéral de la Population 2000 – Le Paysage Linguistique en Suisse.” From Office fédéral de la statistique. Retrieved November 28 2007 from Encyclopédie statistique de la Suisse website: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/infothek/lexikon/bienvenue___login/blank/zugang_lexikon.Document.52217.pdf
Web interfaces:
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bluehost.com – script hosting
wordpress.com – webpage/blog interface
