The cultural profiles of Russia and Italy reveal significant differences and similarities in their societal dynamics. Russians tend to downplay personal achievements and are characterized by a pragmatic mindset with a high tolerance for long-term orientation.
Italian culture is one of Restraint. Societies with a low score in this dimension have a tendency to cynicism and pessimism
30
Italian culture is pragmatic. In societies with a pragmatic orientation, people believe that truth depends very much on situation, context and time
61
A nation Italians are not comfortable in ambiguous situations. Formality in Italian society is important and the Italian penal and civil code are complicated with clauses, codicils
75
Italy is a Masculine society – highly success oriented and driven
70
Italy is an Individualist culture, “me” centered, especially in the big and rich cities of the North where people can feel alone even in the middle of a big and busy crowd
76
Italy tends to prefer equality and a decentralisation of power and decision-making
50
What do you think about Russia
Some key indicators of the cultural profile
Russia
INDULGENCE
People with this orientation have the perception that their actions are Restrained by social norms and feel that indulging themselves is somewhat wrong
20
LONG TERM ORIENTATION
With a very high score, Russia is definitely a country with a pragmatic mindset
81
UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE
Russians feel very much threatened by ambiguous situations, as well as they have established one of the most complex bureaucracies in the world
95
MASCULINITY
Russians at workplace as well as when meeting a stranger rather understate their personal achievements, contributions or capacities
36
INDIVIDUALISM
If Russians plan to go out with their friends they would literally say “We with friends” instead of “I and my friends”, if they talk about brothers and sisters it may well be cousins, so a lower score even finds its manifestations in the language
39
POWER DISTANCE
Russia is a nation where power holders are very distant in society. This is underlined by the fact that the largest country in the world is extremely centralized