This paper contributes to the economics of culture by introducing an instrument for individualism that is supported by economic theory. Extending a familiar model of risk sharing arrangements to incorporate optimal socialization decisions, I show that collectivist social ties are stronger in riskier environments. This result motivates the use of rainfall variation, a measure of exogenous agricu...

We investigate the factors influencing the intention to use of mobile value added services in the Pacific island of Fiji. Technology adoption literature suggests that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use influence intention to adopt new technology. However, behavioral research suggests that intention to adopt is influenced by social norms. We investigate the impact of these three cons...

The present research concerns the extent to which explanations for desirable or undesirable academic outcomes (grades) as well cultural orientation could account self-efficacy beliefs of female undergraduate students from two societies with dissimilar traditions. United States America (U.S.) was selected its individualistic culture, whereas Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA) chosen mix traditional coll...

Abstract In this article, we look at the discourse used by Swedish state in describing non-European migrants, among them Syrians, and how has constructed cultural divisions between ‘native’ Swedes Syrian migrants. We reveal immigrants are depicted treated as coming from ‘patriarchal’ ‘collectivist’ cultures therefore need of development. then connect framing migrant culture to honour-related vi...

Barradas, G. T. 2017. A Cross-Cultural Approach to Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Emotional Reactions to Music. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Social Sciences 137. 87 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9818-4. Music plays a crucial role in everyday life by enabling listeners to seek individual emotional experiences. To...

Americans stereotype elderly people as warm and incompetent, following from perceptions of them as noncompetitive and low status, respectively. This article extends existing research regarding stereotyping of older people in two ways. First, we discuss whether the mixed elderly stereotype is unique to American culture. Data from six non-U.S. countries, including three collectivist cultures, dem...

Recent literature has shown that power enhances happiness in the Western context. However, it is likely that this may only hold true in cultures that promote independent and autonomous expression of self. For those in collectivist contexts, it is argued that power could reduce happiness since power can thwart them from achieving relationship harmony. The current paper presents research on the p...

Longitudinal multilevel path models (7,997 students, 44 high schools, 4 years) evaluated effects of school-average achievement and perceived school status on academic self-concept in Hong Kong, which has a collectivist culture with a highly achievement-segregated high school system. Consistent with a priori predictions based on the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE), higher school-average achi...

Does culture make business organizations, or do business organizations make their own cultures? The question underlies all debates about the impact of national culture on corporate culture. Moreover, Inquiries into this impact have ranged in response from determining effect to shaping effect. Whether determining or shaping, analysis of the effect presupposes that the corporation is the predomin...

From a developmental perspective, this research focuses on how parental responsiveness affects adolescent susceptibility to peer influence both directly, and indirectly, through the key elements of adolescent self-concept (i.e., interdependent self-construal, self-esteem, and self-monitoring). Culture is incorporated as a moderator of these effects. The overarching finding in this study is that...