Description
The Hofstede Insights Culture Compass™ helps you understand the impact of your own cultural value preferences and potential behavioural pitfalls while working with people from selected countries.
More detailed information about the Culture Compass™
The Culture Compass is an instrument that will help you avoid cultural pitfalls that may arise when dealing with people born and raised in other cultures than the one in which you have been born and raised.
Pricing
- 1-19 users, 39.00 € per user
- 20-49 users, 35.00 € per user
- 50-99 users, 30.00 € per user
- 100+ users, 22.50 € per user
The Culture Compass for Academic institutions
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The process
After answering a questionnaire of 42 questions, you will receive a pdf report containing tailored feedback based on your answers compared to the countries of your interest (you can select up to 3 comparison countries). In addition, you will get advice based on a comparison of your home country and the selected countries. Regardless of your own preferences, you are used to working within the cultural setting of your home country.
By taking the survey, you acknowledge that you will lose your right to seek a refund according to the Consumer protection directive 2011/83EC art16 a) or m).
HOW IS THE CULTURE COMPASS STRUCTURED?
Respondents are asked to give their preferences regarding 42 pairs of questions on a five-point scale. Based on the role respondents have, such as superior, subordinate or teacher, relevant feedback is given.
The feedback is given in the form of the degree to which respondents may experience problems or pitfalls when dealing with people from another culture of their choice.
CAN YOU USE THE CULTURE COMPASS TO MEASURE ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE?
No. The Culture Compass is a tool to assess individual preferences at the level of national cultures. Organisational culture covers differences in practices among different organisations. National culture covers specifically differences in values among people born and raised in different societies.
You will get tailored feedback based on your professional capacity and your personal preferences on Hofstede’s 6D model after answering a questionnaire of 42 questions.
REVIEWS
We started using Culture Compass at ITESM Sinaloa for our students coursing the Multicultural Training Program from our University. Part of the program involves training on living and working with other cultures, in which we obviously discuss Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions. Students love getting immediate personal feedback (results are delivered that same day), because it proves to them how understanding national culture is important, but also how their own personality, education and culture can show in comparison to their own culture and any other in which they might be interested in living. The questions can be answered really quickly and the amount of feedback and tips received is amazing. After using this tool, many students feel more confident and secure about applying for exchange programs and living in different places of the world.
Liliana Tello Segovia, ITESM, Mexico
Culture Compass has been transformative for me! One example,Ii wanted to delegate entirely to my colleagues (some of whom I have been working with for over 10-15 years) but I was not getting them to take ownership to the extent I wanted them to. It was later when I reflected on what I had learned that I realised there was a Culture component at play (high uncertainty avoidance). I adjusted my way of working with them now and so far, all is going much better.
Anonymous Culture Compass user
Available Languages
English, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese, Arabic-beta, French-beta, German.
