of national culture differences has seven dimensions. Universalism vs. particularism (What is more important, rules or relationships?) Individualism vs. collectivism (communitarianism) (Do we function in a group or as individuals?) Neutral vs. emotional (Do we display our emotions?) Specific vs. diffuse (How separate we keep our private and working lives) Achievement vs. ascription (Do we have to prove ourselves to receive status or is it given to us?) Sequential vs. synchronic (Do we do things one at a time or several things at once?) Internal vs. external control (Do we control our environment or are we controlled by it?) There are five orientations covering the ways in which human beings deal with each other. Publications Books, a selection: 1997. Riding The Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business with Charles Hampden-Turner 2004. Business Across Cultures (Culture for Business Series) with Peter Woolliams 2004. Managing People Across Cultures (Culture for Business Series) with Charles Hampden-Turner 2012. Cross-cultural management textbook: Lessons from the world leading experts, Introd. by Edgar H. Schein, Ed. by Jerome Dumetz, with Charles Hampden-Turner, Meredith Belbin, Jerome Dumetz, Juliette Tournand, Peter Woolliams, Olga Saginova, Stephen M. R. Covey, Dean Foster, Craig Storti, Joerg Schmitz 2015. Nine Visions of Capitalism: Unlocking the Meanings of Wealth Creation, with Charles Hampden-Turner Articles, a selection: Smith, Peter B., Shaun Dugan, and Fons Trompenaars. "National culture and the values of organizational employees a dimensional analysis across 43 nations." Journal of cross-cultural psychology 27.2 (1996): 231-264. Smith, Peter B., Fons Trompenaars, and Shaun Dugan. "The Rotter locus of control scale in 43 countries: A test of cultural relativity." International Journal of Psychology 30.3 (1995): 377-400. References External links Trompenaars at Hampden-Turner Consulting Riding the Waves of Culture Talk video recording at TEDxAmsterdam, 6 November 2013 1953 births Living people Dutch anthropologists Dutch business theorists Cultural academics Cross-cultural psychology University of Amsterdam alumni Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni Shell plc people Writers from Amsterdam