Cultural dimensions for Polish counties

The set of cultural dimensions for Polish counties obtained in the study that investigated the impact of cultural factors on Polish small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). Cultural dimensions include:

• power distance,
• individualism,
• uncertainty avoidance,
• masculinity vs. femininity,
• long-term orientation,
• indulgence.

Each cultural dimension was obtained through a factor analysis of variables that reflect opinions of Polish houshold members on cultural-related issues. The source data for the analysis comes from Social Diagnosis (www.diagnoza.com). Each cultural dimension is represented on a 0-1 scale and could be interpreted in a manner similar to Hofstede dimensions for national cultures.

The dataset includes 380 records (one for each Polish county), and the following columns:

• TERC - code of a county,
• POWIAT - county name,
• WOJEWODZTWO - voivodeship name,
• POWER_DISTANCE - power distance index,
• INDIVIDUALISM - individualism index,
• UNCERT_AVOID - uncertainty avoidance index,
• MASCULINITY_VS_FEMININITY - masculinity vs. femininity index,
• LONG_TERM_ORIENTATION - long-term orientation index,
• INDULGENCE - indulgence index.

Zbiór danych powiązany będzie z monografią: Kozłowski, Ł. (2024), „Wpływ lokalnej kultury na małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa. Analiza empiryczna dla różnych faz rozwoju przedsiębiorstw”, Poltext, Warszawa. ISBN: 978-83-8175-693-8 [publikacja spodziewana jest w IV kwartale 2024]