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<bold>Research background:</bold> In recent decades, scientists have focused on sustainable development goals. Cultural issues are evident in sustainable development, but the scientific inclusion of cultural aspects remains a challenge.
<bold>Purpose:</bold> The study aims to link cultural aspects and sustainability goals. Also, the purpose of this study, is to use the composite cultural index to include the latest research findings on this matter and extend them to cover the six cultural dimensions identified in the Hofstede cultural model. Yeganeh (2011) proposed a methodology for compiling a composite cultural index, but the author included only a few cultural dimensions. The authors of this article present an analysis of fifteen Sustainable Development Goals in the 27 countries of the European Union to rank countries according to the contribution of national culture to the Sustainable Development Goals.
<bold>Research methodology:</bold> The methodology used an international expert survey on the dimensions of culture and the constructed correlation matrix.
<bold>Results:</bold> The results show a correlation between the four goals of sustainable development, although the direction is different: one has a positive relationship, and three have a negative one.
<bold>Novelty:</bold> The article’s value is that the authors created a composite cultural index for research on sustainable development and expanded the results presented by other authors.
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Research background: In recent decades, scientists have focused on sustainable development goals. Cultural issues are evident in sustainable development, but the scientific inclusion of cultural aspects remains a challenge.
Purpose: The study aims to link cultural aspects and sustainability goals. Also, the purpose of this study, is to use the composite cultural index to include the latest research findings on this matter and extend them to cover the six cultural dimensions identified in the Hofstede cultural model. Yeganeh (2011) proposed a methodology for compiling a composite cultural index, but the author included only a few cultural dimensions. The authors of this article present an analysis of fifteen Sustainable Development Goals in the 27 countries of the European Union to rank countries according to the contribution of national culture to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Research methodology: The methodology used an international expert survey on the dimensions of culture and the constructed correlation matrix.
Results: The results show a correlation between the four goals of sustainable development, although the direction is different: one has a positive relationship, and three have a negative one.
Novelty: The article’s value is that the authors created a composite cultural index for research on sustainable development and expanded the results presented by other authors.

The Role of National Culture as an Indicator of Evidence of Sustainable Development

M.Sc. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Faculty of Business Management Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Faculty of Business

Management Institute of Dynamic Management

prof. Ph.D. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Research background: In recent decades, scientists have focused on sustainable development goals. Cultural issues are evident in sustainable development, but...

The Role of National Culture as an Indicator of Evidence of Sustainable Development

Published Online: Dec 20, 2022

Page range: 146 - 167

Received: Jul 02, 2022

Accepted: Oct 09, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2022-0023

Keywords
national culture, sustainable development goals, Composite cultural index, Hofstede dimensions, European Union countries

© 2022 Edita Leonavičienė et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The Role of National Culture as an Indicator of Evidence of Sustainable Development

Published Online: Dec 20, 2022

Page range: 146 - 167

Received: Jul 02, 2022

Accepted: Oct 09, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2022-0023

Keywordsnational culture, sustainable development goals, Composite cultural index, Hofstede dimensions, European Union countries

© 2022 Edita Leonavičienė et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
national culture, sustainable development goals, Composite cultural index, Hofstede dimensions, European Union countries