Charles Hampden-Turner
Fons Trompenaars, co-author of Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business, is a Dutch-French organizational theorist, management consultant, and author.
He is known for his model of national culture differences, which he developed with Charles Hampden-Turner.
Trompenaars has dedicated his career to studying and understanding cultural differences in the workplace, particularly across national boundaries.
His work is often compared to that of fellow Dutch researcher Geert Hofstede, as both focus on dimensions of national culture.
Trompenaars' research is based on a database of responses from managers in over 50 countries, which he uses to analyze and categorize cultural tendencies in business contexts.
