Passivity vs. Satisfaction of Educators’ Needs in Guatemala , the United Kingdom and Poland

This paper presents conclusions based on intercultural studies of the significance of passive strategies relating to the declared teachers’ needs as construed by transactional analysis. The study participants included 322 educators from Guatemala, the United Kingdom and Poland. The findings referred to Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory, comparing individualism and collectivism. The study used a questionnaire, specifically the Educational Needs Questionnaire (ENQ) and the “Educator’s Reality” one. The study findings disclose connections consistent with Hofstede’s theory assumptions where the factor protecting teachers coming from the most collectivist culture worldwide (Guatemala) from passivity is the satisfaction of needs in a relationship with another human being (recognition hunger), while in the most individualistic cultures (the UK), this factor will be the satisfaction of individual needs not connected with relationships (structure hunger).

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