Cultural Dimensions Approaches in Turkey

Gökçe ALPGanzhina ABDURAKHIMOVAAhmet Esad YURTSEVERGürol DEMİR

Statistics 6 D-Model in Turkey

Power Distance «Less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally .»

Situation in Turkey

Scores high on this dimension (score of 66)  Dependent, hierarchical, superiors  Inaccessible and the ideal boss is a father

figure.  Centralized power, obedience to rules.     Control is expected and attitude towards

managers is formal. Information flow is selective.  The same structure can be observed in the

family unit.

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«The degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members or not .»

 “I” or “We”. In Individualist societies-supposed to look after themselves and their direct family only.

In Collectivist societies people belong to ‘in groups’ that take care of them in exchange for loyalty.

Individualism

Score of 37 is a collectivistic society.  “We” is important, people belong to in-

groups (families, clans or organizations) in exchange for loyalty.

Indirect communication and avoidance of conflicts. 

moral base relationship and mention of harmony.

Nepotism and relationship of trust.

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«Masculine society will be driven by competition, achievement and success, with success being defined by the winner, best in field and wanting to be the best.»

«Femininity dominant values in society are caring for others and quality of life,  quality of life is the sign of success and standing out from the crowd is not admirable and liking what you do.»

Masculinity

Scores of 45 is a feminine society. The softer aspects of culture such as

leveling with others, consensus, sympathy for the underdog are valued and encouraged. 

Conflicts are avoided in private and work life and consensus at the end is important.

Leisure time is important for Turks. Status is shown, but this comes more out of

the high PDI. 

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«The extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these .»

Uncertainty Avoidance

Turkey’s score is 85 on this dimension.  A huge need for laws and rules. Tominimize anxiety, people make use of a

lot of rituals. Traditional social patterns, used in specific

situations to ease tension. 

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«Every society has to maintain some links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the present and future. »

Normative societies prefer to maintain time-honoured traditions and norms while viewing societal change with suspicion.

On the other hand, long term orientation take a more pragmatic approach: they encourage thrift and efforts in modern education as a way to prepare for the future.

Long Term Orientation

Turkey's intermediate score of 46 is in the middle of the scale so no dominant cultural preferance can be inferred.

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«Indulgence the extent to which people try to control their desires and impulses, based on the way they were raised.»

Relatively weak control is called “Indulgence” and,

relatively strong control is called “Restraint”.

Indulgence

With an intermediate score of 49, a characteristic corresponding to this dimension cannot be determined for Turkey.

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