Geert Hostede has dened culture as !the collective pro"rammin" o themind which distin"uishes the members o one human "roup rom another#$%&'( p. )%*. +here are many diferences between the Romanian and Japanese cultures, but one si"nicant one has been identied by Hostede$)%)*, a bi" diference between the Romanian and Japanese cultures on thedimension o a masculine vs. eminine culture