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Autor/in | Akande, Adebowale |
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Titel | Comparing Social Behaviour across Culture and Nations: The "What" and "Why" Questions |
Quelle | In: Social Indicators Research, 92 (2009) 3, S.591-608 (18 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0303-8300 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11205-008-9321-9 |
Schlagwörter | Comparative Analysis; Self Esteem; Statistical Analysis; Correlation; Cross Cultural Studies; Motivation; Social Indicators; Social Behavior |
Abstract | How is the cultural construct of individualism-collectivism related to self-esteem? This is a complex and challenging proposition. Self-esteem (i.e., a person's global, evaluative view of his/her self), has resisted unequivocal definition or clear operationalization. There is a substantial literature on self-esteem hypothesis which may be stated thus: self-concept and self-esteem play important roles in a person's decisions to engage in certain behaviour. Due to inconsistent and indeterminate findings, business researchers and cross-cultural scholars, have failed to take into account possible interaction between culture/gender and social behaviour (self). Through analyses of variance, we provide evidence, that nationality yielded a highly significant levels of self-esteem with a distinctive statistically significant main and interaction effects. This result is robust to different benchmarks (for example, Hofstede's cultural indicators) used to measure self-esteem. The results are consistent with previous research, the cross-cultural stability of the measure makes it a potentially useful tool for evaluating the nature of self-conception across cultures. Caveats and implications are discussed. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |