Comparing constellations across cultures

Validity Problems Comparing Values Across Cultures and Possible Solutions

The authors argue that commonly used ranking and rating methods of value surveys may have low validity in cross-cultural value comparisons because participants' reports about values can be affected by factors such as cultural differences in the meaning of particular value terms as well as the possibility that some value judgments are based on social comparison or deprivation rather than on any ...

Allik Personality Dimensions across Cultures Personality Dimensions across Cultures

In order to generalize the dimensional structure of personality—relatively independent groups of covarying traits—across languages and cultures, a large number of cultures must be studied. Until recently only a few worldwide personality datasets have been available. The first large–scale studies indicate that the pattern of covariation between personality traits is universal and is relatively e...

Safety Across Cultures

Michael A. Flynn is a social scientist and coordinator of the Occupational Health Equity program at NIOSH. He is a leader in the field of occupational health equity and frequently presents and publishes on topics such as cross-cultural safety promotion, intervention effectiveness, institutional culture change and workforce diversity. He has published in German, Spanish and English and presents ...

Implicit Motives Across Cultures

In recent years, methodological and substantial progress has been made in the field of cross-cultural studies on implicit motives. By reporting results of recent empirical studies we propose that cross-cultural studies on implicit motives are indispensable to understand universal and culture-specific variations in individuals’ mental processes and behavior. It is assumed that implicit motives r...

Reasoning Across Cultures