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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Collectivist culture"”.
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Organizational Commitment in a Collectivist Culture: The Case of Turkey
… commitment in Turkey, a predominantly collectivist society. The investigation involved three phases. In Study I, several emic organizational commitment items as well as emic organizational commitment antecedents were identified by in-depth interviews with Turkish employees (N = 83). In …
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Culture and Family Life: Three Studies on Family and Marriage Relationships across Cultures
… and marriage relationships vary according to the culture in which they occur. Based on the individualism/collectivism framework about cultural variations in familial beliefs across countries, I study three topics of family and marriage relationships across cultures. In the first study, I examine …
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Erasmian humanism and the utopias of Thomas More and John Milton
… virtue as a corrective and advocates a collectivist culture which restricts individual liberty; Milton, on the other hand, champions individual liberty and argues that only through freedom true virtue can be attained.
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Children's moral reasoning: influence of culture and collaborative discussion
This study investigated the effects of culture and collaborative discussion on Chinese and American children’s moral reasoning in reflective essays that they composed about a moral and practical dilemma. In contrast to American children who frequently expressed egocentric concerns, Chinese children …
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Government intervention in women entrepreneurship development: opportunities and challenges for Bumiputera women entrepreneurs (BWEs) in the handicraft industry in Malaysia
… that emerged are the significance of the collectivist culture of Malaysia in influencing BWEs’ business survival and the political privileges that influence BWEs’ access to GESPs. This study revealed that government organisations appear to be the dominant source of external support for …
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Juntos Luchamos: A Postcritical Ethnographic and Photovoice Study on Latinx Student Civic Engagement Practices at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
… – two activities that are informed by Latinxs’ collectivist culture. Findings indicate that Latinx identity has a major impact on the civic engagement behaviors and activities of Latinx postsecondary students. The study also introduces research, theoretical, practice, and policy recommendations …
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Socio-Cultural Challenges to Women’s Solo Domestic Travel Pursuits: A Mini-Ethnographic Case of Iranian Culture
… by various socio-cultural aspects, including collectivist culture, safety concerns, patriarchal norms, and religious beliefs. Family support and financial affordability play significant roles in the decision-making process. The study provides insights into the challenges faced by women who …
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The Development of Theory of Mind and Social Competence in Young Pakistani Children
… variations in the onset of ToM understanding in collectivist and individualist cultures. However, the findings of cross-cultural studies regarding these variations are inconsistent. The major aim of this innovative research was to investigate differences in the acquisition of ToM in children from …
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Using the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior to Create a Point-of-Use Water Treatment Behavior-Change Campaign Within the Safe Water System
… through Kenya’s societal norms – including its collectivist culture and high-context communication style. Normative behaviors were recommended to be designed directly into the campaign structure through a woman’s group train-the-trainer program that utilized peer education, behavioral modeling, …
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The moderating effect of culture on cognitive responding mechanisms toward advertising message sidedness
… as develop a model of the moderating effect of culture on the underlying mediational processes, namely, the formation of correspondent inferences and cognitive responding. A number of hypotheses are generated to explicitly examine the relationship between the cultural dimension of …
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An examination of the influences of cultural differences on peace corps projects in Guatemala
… live and work in different countries and cultures all over the globe. The various projects that Peace Corps volunteers work on together with their host country nationals can prove extremely challenging due to many cultural differences. This research assessed the influences of cultural …
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Culture and entrepreneurship in Fiji's small tourism business sector
The roles of culture and entrepreneurial disposition in entrepreneurship have been widely researched. Some researchers have concluded that an individualist culture fosters entrepreneurial disposition and entrepreneurship while a collectivist culture retards them. Others have argued that …
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Protection of Personal Data in su-Saharan Africa
… on privacy and data protection advances the culture of collectivism as the reason for the state of privacy and regulation in Africa. Founded on the normative assumptions of the old debates engraved in universalism and cultural relativism, the main argument held in this discourse is that …
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Protection of Personal Data in su-Saharan Africa
… on privacy and data protection advances the culture of collectivism as the reason for the state of privacy and regulation in Africa. Founded on the normative assumptions of the old debates engraved in universalism and cultural relativism, the main argument held in this discourse is that …
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Protection of Personal Data in su-Saharan Africa
… on privacy and data protection advances the culture of collectivism as the reason for the state of privacy and regulation in Africa. Founded on the normative assumptions of the old debates engraved in universalism and cultural relativism, the main argument held in this discourse is that …
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Friendship bonds, perceived parental support and self-esteem in children from individualist and collectivist cultures
Individualist cultures emphasize independence, self-reliance, self-expressiveness, and emotional detachment in most of their relationships, whereas collectivist cultures emphasize interdependence, cooperation, maintaining harmony, and strong emotional attachment. Based on these differences, a goal …
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Designing Culture-Tailored Persuasive Technology to Promote Physical Activity
… change “Behavior.” Moreover, research shows that culture can be leveraged as a personalization mechanism for tailoring PHAs to the target users to make them more effective. However, there is limited cross-cultural research—grounded in theory and empirical evidence—on the effectiveness of …
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The enablers and barriers to professional development for in-service teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the Vietnamese higher education context
… by the Vietnamese top-down leadership style and collectivist culture. All stakeholders consider the most enabling factors for PD as financial support; compulsory attendance; regulations for teacher evaluation and contract renewal; teachers’ personal motivation; and recognition and appreciation …
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The Role of Psychological Distance in Influencing Consumer’s Future Behavioural Intention in A Digital Service Encounter: A Cross-National Investigation of Motor Insurance – UK And Nigeria
… insurance linking well with past studies on collectivist culture trusting their in- group more. Additional results indicated the partial moderating effects of individualism/collectivism on the proposed set of relationships in the model, particularly in the UK, the interaction between …