Bulgarian culture through Hofstede's cultural dimensions

1. VOLYK & BESKOROVAYNAYA

2. POWER DISTANCE
• BULGARIA SCORES HIGH ON THIS DIMENSION (SCORE OF 70) WHICH MEANSTHAT PEOPLE ACCEPT A
HIERARCHICAL ORDER IN WHICH EVERYBODY HAS A PLACE AND WHICH NEEDS NO FURTHER
JUSTIFICATION.

3. INDIVIDUALISM
BULGARIA, WITH A SCORE OF 30 IS
CONSIDERED A COLLECTIVISTIC SOCIETY

4. MASCULINITY
BULGARIA SCORES 40 ON THIS
DIMENSION AND IS THUS CONSIDERED A
RELATIVELY FEMININE SOCIETY

5. UNCERTAINTY
AVOIDANCE
BULGARIA SCORES 85 ON THIS DIMENSION
AND THUS HAS A VERY HIGH PREFERENCE FOR
AVOIDING UNCERTAINTY.

6. PRAGMATISM
WITH A SCORE OF 69, BULGARIA HAS A
PRAGMATIC CULTURE.

7. INDULGENCE
• BULGARIA HAS A VERY LOW SCORE OF 16 IN THIS DIMENSION, MAKING IT A STRONGLY RESTRAINED
CULTURE.

9. CONCLUSION
1. MORE SENIOR MEMBERS HAVE THE MOST AUTHORITY AND DEMAND A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RESPECT (POWER DISTANCE)
2. CONSENSUS AND COMPROMISE ARE VERY IMPORTANT (MASCULINITY 40)
3. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS IN ADVANCE (UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE 85)
4. WHEN YOU BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS, BULGARIANS ARE LIKELY TO GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT AND DISCUSS THE KEY
PROBLEMS UP FRONT (UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE 85)
5. BULGARIA IS A MODERATELY FORMAL SOCIETY, WHICH MEANS THAT INITIAL GREETINGS ARE ALWAYS FORMAL
(UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE 85)
6. TYPICALLY, BULGARIANS CHOOSE NOT TO HURRY WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS.