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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"INDIVIDUALISM/COLLECTIVISM"”.
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Individualism/Collectivism, Psychological Processes, and Styles of Conflict Resolution
… antecedent variables of culture, measured by the Collectivism and Individualism scale (Thandis et. al. 1993) as well as attribution processes and related emotions. Psychological factors such as causal attributions (the belief to which other's actions are attributed) and interpersonal emotions such …
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The Organizing Dilemma: Individualism, Collectivism, and the Control of Organization
… major kinds of self-definition may be adopted. Individualism denotes a definition of self in which selves are defined as distinct individuals, while collectivism refers to a definition in which selves are defined as distinct groups. Depending on members' definitions of self, the organizing …
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Individualism-collectivism and relationships in distributive negotiation: An experimental analysis
… Kong to test predictions about the impact of individualism and collectivism on the process of distributive negotiation. Individualism and collectivism are cultural syndromes that generally refer to the relative emphasis people place on individuals or groups in thinking about and behaving in …
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Attributes of individualism/collectivism and the behavior of representatives in intergroup negotiations
… dominant paradigm by incorporating the theory of individualism-collectivism, one of the primary dimensions on which cultures vary, into research on intergroup negotiations derived from Adam's (1976) boundary role theory. Individualism-collectivism is a cultural syndrome, the central theme of which …
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The effects of individualism-collectivism on brainstorming : a comparison of Canadian and Taiwanese samples
… present study tests the general hypothesis that individualism-collectivism orientation influences creative performance in a brainstorming context. This is explored from both an individual and group perspective. Individualists were represented by Canadians, while collectivists were represented by …
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Impact of self-construal, individualism-collectivism, and subjective social status on attitude towards luxury a cross-cultural study
… independent and interdependent self-construal, individualism versus collectivism, and subjective social status on consumer attitude towards luxury. Past studies have recognised the important role culture plays in the luxury consumption behaviour across cultures, especially via attitude toward …
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Friendship bonds, perceived parental support and self-esteem in children from individualist and collectivist cultures
… no difference between ethnic groups in terms of individualism/collectivism. Individualism/collectivism was, therefore, considered as a personality dimension (Realo, Allik & Vadi, 1997). As expected, collectivist children perceived their peer relationships to be more supportive than individualist …
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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
… including Hofstede’s cultural dimension of individualism/collectivism are identified. Overall, the findings demonstrate all three dimensions of psychological distance affect policyholder’s future behavioural intention, among which consumers perceived temporal closeness have the most …
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A SOCIAL MODEL FOR THE CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
… of an extremely important cultural dimension, individualism/collectivism, on the relationships in the model. In general, the results provided empirical support for CATS across cultures by using structural equation modeling and path analysis. More specifically, the findings confirm what was …
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Individualism and collectivism: Its implications for cross-cultural advertising
This dissertation examined how individualism-collectivism, a core dimension of cultural variability, is reflected in the advertising appeals in two countries (the U.S. and Korea) that have been shown to differ on this dimension. It also investigated the relative effectiveness of culture-relevant …
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Culture and Somatic Focused Attention
… differences were not explained by differences in individualism/collectivism, self construal, or perceived level of embodiment. In Study 2, Ghanaian participants used fewer emotion words than American participants while recalling significant emotion events. However, there was no difference in body …
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The Relationship between Acculturation, Collectivism, Individualism and Alcohol Use in Mexican Descent Adults Living In The Kansas City Regional Area
… acculturation. This study examined the role of individualism and collectivism in the relationship between acculturation and alcohol use in a sample of 236 Mexican descent adults living in the Kansas City regional area. A bilinear model of acculturation where the level of enculturation is taken …
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Determinants of services expectations : an application to the airline industry
… into a model. Then it looked at the impact of individualism/collectivism on the formation of expectations. Regressions were conducted to see which antecedents influenced expectations. Two different types of expectations were found and results revealed that many antecedents related to external …
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Cross-cultural recommender system use and design
… design. Specifically, I examined how values of individualism-collectivism and differences in information processing influence consumer behavior in the recommendation system used from both within and between-cultures perspective (e.g., individual-level and national culture). Consumers hailing …
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The effects of culture on attorney preservation of the confidentiality of client information
… studied in respect to two dimensions of culture: individualism-collectivism and power distance. The content analysis of the three ethics codes studied supported the research hypothesis that ethics codes in countries with greater power distance were more concerned with the preservation of the …
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PARENTING IN CHINESE IMMIGRANT MOTHERS: THE INFLUENCES OF CHINESE IDENTITY, CULTURAL AND PARENTING COGNITIONS, GRANDPARENT SUPPORT AND CHILD TEMPERAMENT
… the relationships between parental satisfaction, individualism/collectivism and parenting stress; 3) the moderating role of acculturation on the relationship between grandparent support and parenting stress; 4) the moderating role of gender and acculturation on the relationship between child …
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I HAVE AN ENEMY AND I AM GLAD: AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS ENEMYSHIP HAS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
… effects. To test this theory, I measured the individualism/collectivism of participants and primed them with either a group enemy, an individual enemy, or no enemy. Results provided mixed support for the theory: the predicted interaction between perceiver characteristics and enemy domain did …
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I HAVE AN ENEMY AND I AM GLAD: AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS ENEMYSHIP HAS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
… effects. To test this theory, I measured the individualism/collectivism of participants and primed them with either a group enemy, an individual enemy, or no enemy. Results provided mixed support for the theory: the predicted interaction between perceiver characteristics and enemy domain did …
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The influence of culture on pro-environmental activities : comparing English, French and Italian Canadians
… behaviors, environmental knowledge, values, individualism/collectivism and demographics. The results indicated that although the English Canadians held more positive environmental attitudes and had higher level of environmental knowledge than Italian Canadians, they did not exhibit any …
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A Cross-Cultural Study of Moral Developmental Theory: the Influence of Collectivism on Moral Reasoning of Asian Students and Caucasian American Students
… between ethnicity, moral reasoning, and collectivism using the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and the Individualism-Collectivism (INDCOL) Scale. These scales were administered to 179 Asian students and Caucasian American students at Andrews University.</p> <p>Results. The present study showed …
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