Colombia and south Africa are similar in some things like a high score in the dimension of Power Distance Index, it means that people accept social inequality, also, these countries share a high score in the dimension of Masculinity vs Femininity, that means success and achievement are important for people. Similarly, they have a high indulgence, it means it is okay to see gratification and pleasure, they exhibit a willingness to realize their impulses and desires with regard to enjoying life and having fun. They possess a positive attitude and have a tendency towards optimism. In addition, they place a higher degree of importance on leisure time, act as they please and spend money as they wish.
On the other hand, Colombia is not an individualistic society, that is Colombians are a highly collectivist people, different from the South African people that have a preference for a loosely-knit social framework in which individuals are expected to take care of themselves and their immediate families only.
Also, there are more differences between these countries, like in Colombia have a high score on Uncertainty Avoidance which means that as a nation they are seeking mechanisms to avoid ambiguity. Emotions are openly expressed; there are rules for everything and social conservatism enjoys quite a following, for example, in the religion, which is respected, followed by many and conservative. In contrast, South African people have a more relaxed attitude in which practice counts more than principles and deviance from the norm is more easily tolerated. In societies exhibiting low UAI, people believe there should be no more rules than are necessary and if they are ambiguous or do not work they should be abandoned or changed. Finally, the Colombians is normative, where they exhibit great respect for traditions, a relatively small propensity to save for the future, and a focus on achieving quick results, while the South Africans are more normative than pragmatic and they exhibit great respect for traditions, a relatively small propensity to save for the future, and a focus on achieving quick results.
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