A theory of cultural differences in emotions was tested in a questionnaire study. Hypotheses about the differences between emotion in individualist and collectivist contexts covered different components of emotion: concerns and appraisals, action readiness, social sharing, and belief changes. The questionnaire focused on 6 types of events that were rated as similar in meaning across cultures. P...

Findings of cross-cultural psychology suggest that different approaches to rule enforcement have cultural roots. Individualist societies have established a rule of law, in which rules prevail; collectivist societies have a rule of man, which allows discretionary rule enforcement, which, in turn, is recognized as an obstacle to sustained increases in productive long-term investment in developing...

Traditionally, trustees or board of directors reinforce governance mechanisms (Smillie & Hailey, 2001). In the case of an organisation that has made deliberate efforts to avoid hierarchy, and implement a participatory, decentralized collectivist structure, traditional governance can be challenged. The literature suggests that non-governmental organizations (NGO), even those that intentionally w...

This paper discusses the authors’ interest in effects of culture on website design in two cultures and on the evaluation of teaching in three cultures. We obviously thought the influence of culture important enough in these two very different contexts to warrant our consideration and investigation. In the case of website design, the intention was to discover any differences that can be attribut...

This Article contains errors. In the 'Model' section, " Capacity is simply the number of iterations in which at least one collectivist has solved the task, regardless of R. It models the collective knowledge of a group, i.e., the group's capacity to solve increasingly challenging tasks. It is defined for each group, regardless of its iteration-dependent divisions into collectivists and individu...

Gen Z representatives from one Western and Eastern European country were the subjects of an empirical study investigating leadership style preferences effects motivation performance on leader preferences. Data 131 Ukrainian 157 Austrian analyzed. Different dimensions examined, including transactional/transformational production/employee/change orientation leaders. The results show significant d...

The current study investigates the universality of Schwartz and Bilsky’s theory pertaining to value types and ascertains whether the value preferences of American, Indian and Japanese students adhere to Triandis individualist-collectivist value types. The current study employs Schwartz and Bilsky's 56-value scale to obtain a measure of preference for traditionally individualistic, collectivist ...

Self-regulated Learning (SRL) skills have been argued to be among the most important determinants of academic achievement. It has observed that some cultural groups consistently exhibit higher achievement and variation in SRL also observed. Understanding this could provide insight into how promote development all children.This research examined components are influenced by variables, testing mo...

2 This study examines the reasons for customers engaging in long-term relational exchanges with service firms, as well as the impact of attractive alternatives and switching costs on such relationships in Eastern culture. The sample comprised respondents in Bangkok, Thailand who each completed a series of five questionnaires over a period of two weeks pertaining to their relational behaviour (t...