Strengths of Hofstede's theory
Although the Hofstede's(1980) study has been criticized, his four cultural dimensions embraced major cultural values and made comparisons between national cultures possible(Mead, 199 Hofstede's cultural dimensions gained acceptance as distinguishing cultural groups according to differences in cultural values. Hofstede's(1980) cultural dimensions were related to various concepts, e.g., the power distance dimension was related to the concepts of freedom, power, respect, and wealth in Triandis' (972) study. Evidence suggests that Hoftede's(1980) cultural dimensions are applicable not only to work-related values but to cultural values generally(Forgas and Bond, 1985; Hostede and Bond, 1984 and are cross-culturally universal. Most importantly, Hofstede's(980) study has been replicated more than 60 times(Sondergaard(1994) and the results confirmed on different samples. Thus, Hofstede's(980) method has proved to have considerable life(Mead, 1998)