Previous research has indicated that some aspects of Chinese culture became more individualistic. However, prior studies have suggested a decrease in individualism other China. Thus, it was unclear whether China Therefore, the current investigated individualistic by examining historical changes family structure. Specifically, I analyzed temporal shifts divorce rate and household size, wh...

As Du Bois observed a century ago, the White Church as an institution is largely associated with maintaining status quo of racial stratification rather than offering progressive force. To analyze rhetoric predominantly clergy on race, I sample sermons from congregations in Charlottesville, VA following 2017 supremacist rally (N = 87 38 congregations). find that draw individualistic, other-world...

Career happiness is reexamined for relevance to non-Western cultures. Joseph Campbell’s (1968, 1972, 1988) interpretations of myth are reviewed for individualistic vs. interdependent themes and critiqued in light of Asian American vocational concerns, with examples from Chinese culture. Counselors are encouraged to reflect cultural sensitivity and understanding through collectivist interpretati...

Second, the nature of volunteering is changing. Volunteers’ motivations and expectations have become more individualistic and ad-hoc and are less driven by long-term commitments. Moreover, contemporary volunteers increasingly expect their motivations and expectations to be met and are willing to leave the organizations if they do not perceive a good fit due to a mismatch between volunteer motiv...

A model of adverse selection when teams form endogenously highlights the relationship between discrimination and occupational choice. It shows discrimination can persist even when management allocates credit fairly, if worker beliefs about discrimination in‡uence their decision to engage in teamwork. Furthermore, among those choosing to work as entrepreneurs or in other individualistic occupati...

Unhealthy eating behavior is a major contributing factor to the onset of several diseases and health conditions (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes). It is therefore not surprising that health interventions aimed at modifying dietary behavior have been identified as the cornerstone treatment for many health conditions. Interventions that use persuasive technology can be effective for motivating hea...

Extreme climatic events could be major drivers of biodiversity change, but it is unclear whether extreme biological changes are (i) individualistic (species- or group-specific), (ii) commonly associated with unusual climatic events and/or (iii) important determinants of long-term population trends. Using population time series for 238 widespread species (207 Lepidoptera and 31 birds) in England...

We investigated how demographic differences affected people’s responses to organizational cues to cooperate with their coworkers. Officers from a large financial services firm who were more demographically different from their coworkers behaved more cooperatively when their business unit emphasized collectivistic rather than individualistic cultural values. Our results imply that understanding ...