Intro
The Eastern-European and Central Asian cluster is much more diverse than the other clusters: religion, history, language.
It is distributed over a large area and quite influenced by the former USSR.
In addition to that, at the basis of the population lifestyle stands a history of nomadic or semi-nomadic roots, that can be seen in some of the attitudes of this clusters (e.g.: initial skepticism when meeting someone new).
The main countries are:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Belarus
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Greece
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Kosovo
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Macedonia
- Mongolia
- Poland
- Romania
- Serbia
- Russian Federation
- Slovenia
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Cultural Dimensions
| Cultural Dimensions | Cluster Characteristics |
| Identity | Collectivism (Family-Oriented) |
| Authority | High-Power Distance |
| Risk | High-Uncertainty Avoidance |
| Achievement | Competitive |
| Time | Long-Term |
| Communication | Indirect |
| Lifestyle | Doing |
| Rules | Particularist |
| Expresiveness | Neutral |
| Social Norms | Tight |
For a walkthrough of the cultural dimensions, you can check out: cultural-dimensions
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