Individualism and Collectivism: Theory, Method, and ApplicationsŬi-ch'ŏl Kim, Uichol Kim Individualism and collectivism has become one of the major issues in comparisons between societies in cross-cultural psychology. Scholars seek to explain why some societies focus on the collective nature of social obligation while traditional Western psychology focuses on the primacy of the individual. In this volume, contributors address the individualism//collectivism issue from a variety of perspectives, examining its theoretical underpinnings and current trends, the latest research on this topic, and the social and practice implications of our understanding of this dimension of human activity. A Foreword by Geert Hofstede, who conducted the original research on this topic, provides a context for the other contributions. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Theoretical Analysis | 11 |
Conceptual Clarification | 19 |
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achievement motivation allocentrism analysis Asian attitudes Autonomy basic behavior beliefs Berry Bond Chapter Chinese culture clan coexistence cognitive COLINDEX collective Collectivism Scale collectivist cultures collectivist orientation collectivist values components concept Confucianism Conservatism context correlated Cronbach's alpha cross-cultural psychology dimensions East Germany ecological economic Egalitarian Commitment emphasize empirical employees factors goals harmony Hebei hierarchy Hofstede Hofstede's Hong Kong idiocentric important in-group INDCOL Scale Indian indicate individual level individual-level individualism and collectivism individualist and collectivist individualist values interaction interests interpersonal IOAM Japan Japanese Kagitçibasi Korean culture Leung mean modern multimethod nations norms occupational welfare organization parents pattern Poland power distance relatedness relationships responses samples Schwartz scores self-reliance Sinha SOAM Social Psychology social support society structure subjects Table theoretical tion traditional Triandis University urban value types variables versus vidualism volume yangban