Previous studies have established the link between one’s actions (e.g., engaging with others vs. minding one’s own business) and one’s national culture (e.g., collectivist vs. individualistic), and such actions have been shown to be important as they are collectively affiliated with a country’s economic outcomes (e.g., Gross Domestic Product). Hitherto there has not been any systematic study of...

This study investigates technology adoption behavior of Saudi Arabian knowledge workers using desktop computers within the context of TAM2, and the unique effects of Saudi culture on IT adoption within the developing, non-Western, country. Following the guidelines of the etic-emic research tradition, which encourages cross-cultural theory and framework testing, the study findings reveal that th...

Wellman and Liu’s (2004) ToM scale canonized efforts to generate a developmentally nuanced understanding of ToM. Further elaboration has come from studies showing some variability in task sequencing across two broad categories culture (i.e., ‘Collectivist’, ‘Individualist’). The current study contributes our by exploring intra-cultural variation for Turkish sample. scale, language, EF tasks wer...

Abstract Despite the extensive literature on relationship between entrepreneurship and institutions, there is limited knowledge of institutions engagement after failure. This study compares entrepreneurial entrepreneurs who have recently experienced failure individuals without experience, emphasizing interaction government policies programmes (formal institutions) individualistic/collectivist c...

A plethora of studies on family demands that have been investigated in the Western countries are reflective such cultural contexts limiting its applicability toanother context. The factors determining demand whereconflict originatesarecountry-culture specific and consequently, anchored conservation resource theory, present study aims to discoverthe making a significant variance demand. Strongly...

Everyday learner–teacher interactions are a key factor in student engagement and learning. There is thus growing scholarly attention on the relational practices of engaging students as partners (SaP) higher education. In Chinese universities, there an emerging literature exploring relationships partnership. To advance global conversation SaP it expands China, we designed exploratory study to un...

• Context: concern with individualism as a modern phenomenon; attempt to present an ethical defense of individualism; how to reconcile individualism with ethical concern for other members of society? Durkheim rejects both the utilitarian defense of individualism found in classical liberalism and the collectivist rejection of individualism advanced by the church, the military, and the authoritar...

This study aimed to explore the role of cultural fit for the adaptation of international students in Japan. The concept of cultural fit (Ward & Chang, 1997) suggests that resembling the host culture in certain characteristics is advantageous for sojourners’ cross-cultural adaptation. It was assumed that secondary-primary control orientation is one such characteristic of importance for adaptatio...