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Europe versus Asia: Truth versus Virtue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Geert Hofstede
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Abstract

Two major contrasts between Western and Eastern thought are discussed. Eastern people put a value on long-term thinking. They do not regard the search for certainty as important but accept multiple interpretations as simultaneously valid.

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Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 215 - 219
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1996

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