Power distance—The extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally.

Individualism—The degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members. It has to do with whether people’s self-image is defined in terms of “I” or “we”.

Masculinity—A high score (Masculine) indicates that the society will be driven by competition, achievement and success. A low score (Feminine) means that the dominant values in society are caring for others and quality of life.

Uncertainty avoidance—The way that a society deals with the fact that the future can never be known. The extent to which people feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these.

Long term orientation—How every society has to maintain some links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the present and future, and societies priorities these two existential goals differently.

Indulgence—The extent to which people try to control their desires and impulses, based on the way they were raised. Relatively weak control is called “Indulgence” and relatively strong control is called “Restraint”.