In for a surprise piloting the Arab version of the VSM 94

This research note presents an Arab form of the VSM 94, a version of Hofstede's cultural value survey. It describes the dimensions that underlie the questionnaire and discusses preliminary findings from a study conducted with an Arab student sample. The results obtained for the sub-samples differ from what the literature suggests. Scores for power distance and uncertainty avoidance were lower than expected, while scores for masculinity a