I found a website with a very interesting comparison between any country and Finland, as I´m Spanish I chose Spain to see how different we are, in general terms, in these six points: power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation and indulgence.
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.
Individualism: the degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members.
Masculinity: the fundamental issue here is what motivates people, wanting to be the best (Masculine) or liking what you do (Feminine).
Uncertainty avoidance: 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.
Long term orientation: how every society has to maintain some links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the present and future.
Indulgence: the extent to which people try to control their desires and impulses.
Blue: Finland. Purple: Spain.
As you can see in the graphics, we are different in all of the fields, Spain has a higher score in power distance, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance and long term orientation; and a lower score in individualism and indulgence.
From my point of view I agree, I think it´s a generalisation and not everyone is like this but it´s the common pattern. About power distance it can be true because probably here there are fewer differences between power and there is more equality, in Spain, we should improve it. Individualism is clearly higher here in Finland, I could see in these months that people are very independent one from each other, also I think it´s a bit sad in some aspects, you see a lot of people alone at university, at restaurants, etc.. In Spain, of course, there are some people who are more independent and individualist but in general Spanish people are sociable and we like to be surrounded by people. About long term orientation I think in Spain we are really close with our families and past memories, we have family customs and it´s common for example that grandparents take care sometimes of grandchildren, and here in Finland I saw that it´s not the same, as people are more individualist they are not that close to this kind of things and children go to kindergarten and not with family members.
https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/finland,spain/
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.
Individualism: the degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members.
Masculinity: the fundamental issue here is what motivates people, wanting to be the best (Masculine) or liking what you do (Feminine).
Uncertainty avoidance: 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.
Long term orientation: how every society has to maintain some links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the present and future.
Indulgence: the extent to which people try to control their desires and impulses.
Blue: Finland. Purple: Spain.
As you can see in the graphics, we are different in all of the fields, Spain has a higher score in power distance, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance and long term orientation; and a lower score in individualism and indulgence.
From my point of view I agree, I think it´s a generalisation and not everyone is like this but it´s the common pattern. About power distance it can be true because probably here there are fewer differences between power and there is more equality, in Spain, we should improve it. Individualism is clearly higher here in Finland, I could see in these months that people are very independent one from each other, also I think it´s a bit sad in some aspects, you see a lot of people alone at university, at restaurants, etc.. In Spain, of course, there are some people who are more independent and individualist but in general Spanish people are sociable and we like to be surrounded by people. About long term orientation I think in Spain we are really close with our families and past memories, we have family customs and it´s common for example that grandparents take care sometimes of grandchildren, and here in Finland I saw that it´s not the same, as people are more individualist they are not that close to this kind of things and children go to kindergarten and not with family members.
https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/finland,spain/
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