Social Factors of People’s Republic of China: A study through HOFSTEDE Model

Abstract : This study aims to understand the social factor of people’s republic of china, these factors include religion, festivals, rituals, food habits, and dining culture etc. for any scholar of International Business and for any Businessman planning to foray in foreign markets a proper understanding of these factors is mandatory because these factors shape the culture of any society and culture influences people in decision making process. In order to get better idea of Chinese culture HOFSTEDE model has been used to know the score of china on six dimensions of the model. These six dimensions are Individualism v/s Collectivism, Power distance, Indulgence, Masculinity, long term orientation, and uncertainty avoidance. The model revealed that there are inequalities in Chinese society, people of china believe in collective culture in which the people determine their actions with the interest of their groups and not for themselves, Chinese people find leisure time as least important, where they prioritize work. Also, students in China are exam score and rank driven, Chinese people seem to be in their comfort with ambiguity, especially when it comes to their language, It has a lot of hidden meanings that are obstacles for the Western group of people. China is a restrained society, People with this direction have the belief that their actions are restrained through social norms and they feel that indulging themselves into it is somewhat incorrect.