From Hofstede to Machiavelli

Manipulation, treachery, and unethical conduct for the sole purpose of furthering one''s personal goals. Having read this sentence, some people may almost instantaneously think about a person called Niccolò Machiavelli. Others, who might be less familiar with the Florentine political writer, may still be able to conjure up a mental image of a kind of person embodying these traits.Whether Machiavel...