Power distance refers to how cultures handle inequality, with high power distance cultures treating authority as a status symbol that must be obeyed, while low power distance cultures treat people more equally. Key differences are that high power distance areas tend to have unequal income and wealth distribution concentrated among a small percentage of the population, while low power distance cultures have a more even distribution. Limitations of Hofstede's power distance model include its focus on western methodologies, boss-subordinate relationships rather than other inequalities, and ignoring broader forms of inequality like race and class.

1. Power Distance
Hofstede Dimensions:

2. • Power distance is how a culture
deals with inequalities.

3. High Power Distance
In high power distance
cultures, power and authority
is a status symbol and must be
obeyed by the weak.

4. Low Power Distance
In low power distance cultures, people
are treated more equally, even between
authority figures.

5. Key Differences
• The to primary areas where low and
high power distance is indicated is
wealth and income distribution.
• High power distance areas tend to have
unequal income distribution or a higher
concentration of wealth between a
lower percentage of the population.
• Low power distance cultures tend to
have an even distribution of both
income distribution and wealth.
Gap between richest 10% and poorest 10% of population

7. Limitations of
Hofstede’s model
1. The questionnaire lacks comparison of on a
variety of employees.
2. The questionnaire is focused on western
methodologies to analyze non-western
countries.
3. It is also concentrated on boss subordinate
relationships, ignoring other forms of
inequalities.
4. It is noted that the questions ignored racial,
colonial, and broader class inequalities.