Hoftede's cultural dimensions 1. POWER DISTANCE: The extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. India scores high on this dimension, 77, indicating an appreciation for hierarchy and a top-down structure in society and organizations. 1. Dependent on the boss or the power holder for direction 2. Acceptance of unequal rights between the power-privileged and those who are lesser down in the pecking order. 2.INDIVIDUALISM: The degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members India, with a rather intermediate score of 48, is a society with both collectivistic and Individualistic traits. A. The collectivist side means that there is a high preference for belonging to a larger social framework in which individuals are expected to act in accordance to the greater good of one’s defined in-group(s). B. The Individualist aspect of Indian society is seen as a result ...