Indulgence and Restrained | 6/6 Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions

In this episode we are going to talk about the final dimension of culture, Indulgent and Restraint societies. This dimension was added in the Hofstede’s cultural dimensions in 2010, to capture more recent research conducted around themes of happiness.

An indulgent society is one which values the satisfaction of human needs and desires; a restrained society sees the value in curbing ones' desires and withholding pleasures to align more with societal norms. "Indulgent cultures will tend to focus more on individual happiness and well-being, leisure time is more important, and there is greater freedom and personal control, a tendency to allow relatively free gratification of basic and natural human desires related to enjoying life and having fun” (Hofstede et al., 2010, p. 281). This is in contrast with restrained cultures where positive emotions are less freely expressed and happiness, freedom, and leisure are not given the same importance” (Maclachlan, 2013).

Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Definitions
2:10 - Behavioural differences
4:02 - Where?
4:47 - Example no. 1
5:37 - Example no. 2
6:15 - Closing Remark

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