LTO
Gap: 82 pts
Long-Term vs Short-Term Orientation
High score meaning: Perseverance, thrift, future rewards
Low score meaning: Tradition, face, present social obligations
Book definition: Long-term orientation stands for the fostering of virtues oriented toward future rewards, in particular perseverance and thrift.
Estonia (82) and Puerto Rico (0) sit at nearly opposite ends of the Long-Term vs Short-Term Orientation dimension. According to Hofstede, Hofstede, and Minkov (2010), this is one of the widest gaps you can find between two countries on this dimension, and it usually signals deep differences in how people in each society handle the underlying issue.
Practical implication: Expect friction when people from Estonia and Puerto Rico work together on tasks that touch on long-term orientation. Each side may initially perceive the other as unreasonable rather than simply different.
