Translations

Cultures and Organizations

The best-selling book, Cultures and Organizations, has been translated many times and counting. There are three editions (1991 by Geert, 2005 by Geert and Gert Jan, 2010 by Geert, Gert Jan, and Michael Minkov). Since 2014 an abbreviated version of the third edition is being translated into several languages. The table indicates which version or versions exist in each language.

3rd edition

Translations of "Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind", revised and expanded 3rd edition, by Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede & Michael Minkov

Bulgarian 2020 Kulturi i organizatsii- Softuer na uma.
Chinese 2019, by Century Wave Culture Development Co. Ltd.
Corean Hakjisa Publishers Seoul, 2014.
Danish Kulturer og organisationer: Overlevelse i en graenseoverskridende verden. Copenhagen: Handelshojskolens Forlag, 2010. ISBN 978-87-629-0377-7.
Dutch Allemaal andersdenkenden: Omgaan met cultuurverschillen. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Uitgeverij Contact, 2011. ISBN 978-90-254-8089-9. Ook uitgebracht in verkorte editie sinds 2014.
French Cultures et organisations : Nos programmations mentales. Paris : Pearson Education France, 2010. ISBN 978-2-7440-7414-1. (original version, without chapter 12, "Evolution of cultures")
German Lokales Denken, globales Handeln: Interkuturelle Zusammenarbeit und globales Management (2018). Beck. ISBN 978-3-423-5-952-7 
Italian Culture e organizzazioni; valori e strategie per operare efficacemente in contesti internazionali (2014). Franco Angeli. (abbreviated version)
Japanese Tanbunka Sekai (Gensho-dai-san-han). Tokyo, Yuhikaku, 2013
Polish Kultury i organizacje: Zaprogramowanie umyslu, Warszawa: Polskie Wydawtnictwo Ekonomiczne, 2011
Romanian Culturi si Organizatii: Softul Mental. Bucuresti: Humanitas, 2012
Spanish (Mexico) Culturas y Organizaciones: Software mental : cooperación intercultural y su importancia para la supervivencia (2019). Mexico : GIN group - ISBN 9780071664189 - 543 p (abbreviated version)
Swedish Organisationer och kulturer. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2011.
Turkish Kültür ve Örgüt, Zihnin Yazιlιmι. Nobel, 2022.
Vietnamese Viet Nam National University Press, Ha Noi, 2012.

 

2nd edition

Translations of "Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind", revised and expanded 2nd edition, by Geert Hofstede & Gert Jan Hofstede

CO2 Chinese

 Chinese China Renmin University Press, Beijing, 2010. ISBN 978-7-300-12208-3
  Czech Kultury a organizace: Software lidské mysli
Praha: Linde nakladatelství s.r.o., 2006. ISBN 80-86131-70-X.
  Danish Kulturer og organisationer: Overlevelse i en grænseoverskridende verden
Copenhagen: Handelshøjskolens forlag, 2006. ISBN 87-629-0252-0.
  Dutch Allemaal andersdenkenden: omgaan met cultuurverschillen
Amsterdam: Contact, 29ste druk, november 2009. ISBN 978-90-254-2681-1.
  German Lokales Denken, globales Handeln: Interkulturelle Zusammenarbeit und globales Management, 5. durchgesehene Auflage
München: Beck/DTV, 2011. ISBN 4. Auflage: 978-3-423-50807-0.
Georgian Ilia State University Press, Tbilisi 2011
  Hungarian Kultúrák és szervezetek: Az elme szoftvere
Pécs: VHE Kft, 2008. ISBN 978-963-06-5897-3.
  Polish Kultury i organizacje: Zaprogramowanie umyslu.
Warsaw: Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, 2nd edition 2007, ISBN 83-208-1685-8.
  Swedish Organisationer och kulturer - andra upplagan
Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2005. ISBN 91-44-03563-2.

1st edition

Translations of "Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind", first edition, by Geert Hofstede

Bulgarian Kulturi i organizatsii- Softuer na uma
Sofia: Klasika i Stil, 2001. ISBN 954-9964-13-2.
Chinese Beijing: Science Press, 1996. ISBN 7-03-004246-8.
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Finnish Kulttuurit ja organisaatiot - Mielen ohjelmointi.
Helsinki: Werner Söderström Oy, 1992. ISBN 951-0-18575-2.
French Vivre dans un monde multiculturel: Comprendre nos programmations mentales
Paris: Les Éditions d'Organisation, 1994. ISBN 2-7081-1406-9.
Japanese Tabunka sekai. Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 1995. ISBN 4-641-07578-6.
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Korean Seoul: Hakjisa, 1995. ISBN 89-7548-057-7.
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Norwegian

Kulturer og organisasjoner.
Oslo: Bedriftsøkonomens Forlag, 1993. ISBN 87-569-2790-8.
Portuguese Culturas e organizações: Compreender a nossa programação mental. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo, 1997. ISBN 0-07-707474-2.
Romanian Managementul structurilor multi-culturale: Software-ul gândirii
Bucuresti: Editura Economica, 1996. ISBN 973-9198-01-5.
Spanish Culturas y organizaciones: El software mental
Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 1999. ISBN 84-206-6762-9.

 

Exploring Culture

The training book Exploring Culture has been translated into several languages:

Translations of "Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories and Synthetic Cultures"; by Gert Jan Hofstede, Paul Pedersen & Geert Hofstede

Bulgarian Izsledvanye na kulturata: Yprazhnenya, istrorii i syntetichni kultury
Sofia, Klasika i Stil, 2003. ISBN 954-9964-93-0
Dutch Werken met cultuurverschillen. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Business Contact, 2004. ISBN 90-254-1826-0.
Estonian Kultuuri uurides: Ülesanded, naïted, sünteetilised kultuurid.
Eesti, Vaïke Vanker, 2nd edition, 2007. ISBN 9985-9556-0-9
Slovenian Komuniciranje Raziskovanje kulture: Primeri, vaje in simulacije.
Ljubljana, Druzba Piano, 2006, ISBN 961-91751-1-5.