HOFSTEDE

 

Colombia and India are countries where their people handle behaviors, some similar and others very different. All this thanks to the religion that is practiced. Also to its own history, that is, the conflicts of the past, all this defines the type of behavior of a population. To make the comparisons, we rely on the hofstede-insights tool where they define some dimensions and give some scores to the countries.

https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/colombia,india/

India and Colombia are said to be similar countries in terms of masculinity and power distance. make it a society that believes that inequalities between people are simply a fact of life and a high score for masculinity indicates that society will be driven by competition, achievement and success, and success will be defined by the winner, a value system that begins at school and continues throughout organizational life.

Colombia is a country where its people not only seek their own benefit, they are people who seek the benefit of the good environment in the group and this is evidenced in the score obtained, the lack of individualism (13). Also Colombia with a score of 13 in Long-term Orientation they have a great concern to establish the Absolute Truth; they are normative in their thinking. They show a great respect for traditions, a relatively small propensity to save for the future, and a focus on achieving quick results. Colombia has a fairly high score in avoiding uncertainty, this means that in Colombia it has a great anxiety to know the future and giving importance to knowing what will happen in the future. The last dimension will be indulgence. Colombia has a high score in this dimension, which means that Colombians show a willingness to carry out their impulses and desires regarding enjoying life and having fun.

While in India where the individualism score is very high it is a society that seeks its own well-being. If we compare India in the nature of avoiding uncertainty, India has a much lower score than Colombia, that is to say, for them it is not important to know what will happen in the future. India with an intermediate score of 51 Long-term orientation, a dominant preference in Indian culture cannot be determined. In India, the concept of "karma" dominates religious and philosophical thought. Time is not linear and, therefore, is not as important as Western societies. The last dimension to buy will be indulgence where India is the opposite case of Colombia, in India, a culture of moderation is handled.