Individuals’ privacy concerns can inhibit their online purchasing behavior. This paper investigates the moderating role of espoused individualism and uncertainty avoidance in the effect of external persuasion cues (e.g., privacy policy statements and third-party assurance seals) on attitude toward a website. This study hypothesizes that individuals scoring high on individualism or uncertainty a...

Individuals of Asian descent (including East Asians and South Asians) constitute one of the fastest growing segments of Canadian society, with the 2001 Canadian census reporting an increase of 27 percent since the 1996 census (Statistics Canada, 2001, 1996). In 2000, Asians represented nearly 10 percent of the total Canadian population. Thus it is not surprising that the demand for culturally r...

We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect can offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth and leads to a higher growth rate a...

The current research studied the relationship between cultural values and tacit explicit knowledge sharing behavior in context of sustainable organizations. sample consisted 751 workers from Colombian It was found that correlated with dimensions uncertainty avoidance, individualism–collectivism, paternalism. On other side, did not correlate power distance masculinity–femininity. For organizatio...

In developed western nations, both sexes commit acts of physical aggression against their partners. Data from 16 nations showed that this pattern did not generalize to all nations. The magnitude and direction of the sex difference was highly correlated with national-level variations in gender empowerment and individualism-collectivism. As gender equality and individualism increased, the sex dif...