Table 1 shows, not unexpectedly, that emails written by students from high
PD cultures are considerably more likely to contain a formal greeting than
those from low PD cultures (chi-square 5.25, p≤0.025).
Since some students had written more than one email to their professor,
Table 2 gives the figures by number of students, some of whom varied in
their usage. Comparing the figures for formal and informal greetings in
Table 2, we find that high PD students are much more likely to choose a
formal greeting than low PD students (chi-square 7.9, p≤0.01).
Table 3 presents the results at the level of individual nationality to
determine whether Hofstede’s rankings can be said to predict the percentage
of emails in this study which have a formal greeting. I have used an oblique
stroke to indicate identical country rankings, in keeping with the practice of
Hoftede’s main PD index (2001: 87). For the countries whose ranking is based
on Hofstede’s estimates, I refer to the rankings that come closest to those
Table 1 shows, not unexpectedly, that emails written by students from highPD cultures are considerably more likely to contain a formal greeting thanthose from low PD cultures (chi-square 5.25, p≤0.025).Since some students had written more than one email to their professor,Table 2 gives the figures by number of students, some of whom varied intheir usage. Comparing the figures for formal and informal greetings inTable 2, we find that high PD students are much more likely to choose aformal greeting than low PD students (chi-square 7.9, p≤0.01).Table 3 presents the results at the level of individual nationality todetermine whether Hofstede’s rankings can be said to predict the percentageof emails in this study which have a formal greeting. I have used an obliquestroke to indicate identical country rankings, in keeping with the practice ofHoftede’s main PD index (2001: 87). For the countries whose ranking is basedon Hofstede’s estimates, I refer to the rankings that come closest to those
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