OBJECTIVES Cultural variability (CV) is introduced as an overlooked dimension of cultural identity development pertaining to emphasizing and de-emphasizing the influence of a single cultural identity (i.e., cultural influence [CI]) on daily interactions and behaviors. The Cultural IDentity Influence Measure (CIDIM) is introduced as a novel measure of CI and CV, and hypothesis-driven validation ...

In recent years, far from arguing that evolutionary approaches to our own species permit us to describe the fundamental character of human nature, a prominent group of cultural evolutionary theorists has instead argued that the very idea of 'human nature' is one we should reject. It makes no sense, they argue, to speak of human nature in opposition to human culture. The very same sceptical argu...

today, the tourism industry is a major source of income for many countries. but the tourism as an economic activity mentioned before, is a cultural phenomenon in nature and the main attraction of tourism development as well. given the special vulnerability and fragility of cultural heritage, tourism development, in some cases, can cause damage to indigenous cultural patterns. this is in relatio...

It is common opinion that many creative exploit are triggered by serendipity, fortuitous events leading to unintended consequences but this interpretation might simply be due to a poor understanding of the dynamics of creativity. Very little is known, in fact, about how innovations emerge and sample the space of potential novelties. This space is usually referred to as the adjacent possible, a ...

Expressed mate preferences provide unique windows into evolved mating psychology. The current study used two research instruments—one ranking and one rating procedure—to examine mate preferences in India. We compared modern Indians (n = 536) with a more modest Indian sample studied a quarter of a century earlier (n = 105) to test the hypothesis that sex-specific mate preferences—as hypothesized...

Dunn et al. (2011) argue for the following four theses. First, they argue that there is no evidence of a crosslinguistic word order correlation between certain pairs of elements for which a correlation has been claimed in the previous literature. Second, they argue that although some correlations do exist, they are specific to individual families and not universal. Furthermore, they argue that,...

Relationships between Middle Eastern patients and Western health care professionals are often troubled by mutual misunderstanding of culturally influenced values and communication styles. Although Middle Easterners vary ethnically, they do share a core of common values and behavior that include the importance of affiliation and family, time and space orientations, interactional style and attitu...

Making cultural change happen and improving employees’ engagement and motivation cannot be done overnight. It is a medium-term challenge that requires a committed management team, a detailed understanding of the reasons behind employees’ low morale, a structured approach to addressing those issues, and a well-designed communications strategy. Achieving cultural change usually means doing things...