Cultural Values and Cosmopolitanism
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چکیده
This article investigates whether the September 11 attack had an impact on cultural values and the level of cosmopolitanism of US university students. Extending a model proposed by Esses, Dovidio & Hodson (2002), we hypothesize a positive effect on the cultural dimensions of collectivism and hierarchy/power distance and a negative effect on cosmopolitanism. Our results – drawn from two separate quasi-experimental studies – support the two latter hypotheses. In addition, supplementary analyses showed that, after the September 11 attack, students exhibited a tendency to trade in variety, adventure and challenge for security and stability in their ideal job after graduation. Implications for management and for cross-cultural management research are discussed.
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