Afghanistan’s Younger, Elite, and Educated Population: A Cultural Assessment and Possible Implications for the Economic and Political Future of the Country
Afghanistan’s Younger, Elite, and Educated Population: A Cultural Assessment and Possible Implications for the Economic and Political Future of the Country
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阿富汗的年轻、精英和受过教育的人口：文化评估及其对该国经济和政治未来的可能影响
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2013
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Barczyk
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Rarick;Winter;Nickerson;Falk;Barczyk
本文利用霍夫斯泰德-邦德类型学对阿富汗文化中年轻精英阶层的文化价值观进行了探索。霍夫斯泰德最初或随后的研究均未包括阿富汗，而且缺乏关于该国文化分类的实证文献。这项研究的结果表明，这部分阿富汗人口的权力距离较低，男性化程度较高，略显个人主义，在一定程度上接受不确定性，并且具有短期的时间取向。本文还将这些价值观与该地区及其他地区的其他文化进行了比较，并解释了这些文化差异如何为这个饱受战争蹂躏的国家带来一些希望。讨论了对经济和政治发展的影响。
This paper is an exploration of the cultural values of the younger, elite segment of Afghani culture using the Hofstede-Bond typology. Afghanistan was not included in Hofstede’s original or subsequent studies, and there is a dearth of empirically-based literature on the cultural classification of this country. The results of this study indicate that this segment of the Afghanistan population is low in power distance, highly masculine, slightly individualistic, somewhat accepting of uncertainty, and possesses a short term orientation towards time. The paper also compares these values with other cultures in the region and beyond, and explains how these cultural differences could hold some promise for this war-torn country. Implications for economic and political development are discussed.