scholarly journals The Development of the Virtue of Gratitude: Theoretical Foundations and Cross-Cultural Issues

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa A. Merçon-Vargas ◽  
Katelyn E. Poelker ◽  
Jonathan R. H. Tudge
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Developmental Pathways ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Children And Young Adolescents ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Historical Periods

The expression of gratitude by children and young adolescents in different societies is the topic of this special issue. We introduce the concept of gratitude as a virtue, explaining its differences from gratitude viewed as a positive emotion. Although most research on gratitude uses samples from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies (primarily from the United States), we discuss the importance of studying the development of gratitude across different cultural groups. Despite the evidence to suggest that the expression of gratitude is viewed as desirable across multiple societies and historical periods, there is no reason to assume that developmental pathways found in one or other WEIRD society would be found in non-WEIRD societies or that the latter would have similar pathways. Children’s gratitude expression across countries is explored in this special issue using Baumgarten-Tramer’s (1938) paradigm as well as Kağıtçıbaşı’s (2007) framework to address both differences and similarities across cultures.

scholarly journals The Influence of Cultural Values on International Business Management and Related Activities

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Guanyi Zhao ◽  
Yuwei Han ◽  
Yuwen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural Management

<p>Cultural values have a wide influence on international business management and its related activities. In people's daily living environment, due to the different culture and education people receive, the growing environment is different, so it can be divided into different groups, resulting in the relationship between each different cultural groups more and more estranged. If there is no correct sense of management, it is difficult to have close communication, and even there will be barriers in communication. This article mainly analyzes the cross-cultural issues, expounds the cultural factors in international business management, enumerates the cultural differences in international business management, and makes an in-depth analysis of the role of cultural values in international business management and related activities. The purpose is to strengthen the management awareness of relevant managers in cross-cultural management.</p>

Transnational and Cross-Cultural Approaches in Undercover Police Work

2019 ◽  
pp. 473-492
Author(s):  
John Irwin ◽  
Anthony H. Normore
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Police Work ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
The World ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Undercover operatives have for decades attempted to interact with and expose criminal activity in identified criminal sub-culture groups of their same ethnic backgrounds, potential criminal participants in diverse ethnic cultural groups other than their own ethnic background, and cross-cultural groups made up of people from different ethnic groups. Through our combined professional experiences (e.g., leadership professor, undercover law enforcement, criminal justice, research, inmate instructor, ethics professors) and having lived and worked in various parts of the world (e.g., Canada, US, UK, Europe, South East and Central Asia) our chapter examines undercover police work and provides a view to cross-cultural issues that exist on both the enforcement and suspect sides of police investigation. A variety of transnational and cross-border ethical issues are examined in undercover work (e.g. trickery, entrapment) along with landmark court cases in an effort to compare and contrast international approaches to undercover operatives. Future directions concerning international collaboration are presented.

Measure invariance of the Political Skill Inventory (PSI) across five cultures

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Lvina ◽  
Gary Johns ◽  
Darren C. Treadway ◽  
Gerhard Blickle ◽  
Yongmei (Lucy) Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Equivalence ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mean And Covariance Structures ◽  
Political Skill Inventory

This research expands the study of political skill, a construct developed in North America, to other cultures. We examine the psychometric properties of the Political Skill Inventory (PSI) and test the measurement equivalence of the scale in a non-American context. Respondents were 1511 employees from China, Germany, Russia, Turkey, and the United States. The cross-cultural generalizability of the construct is established through consistent evidence of multi-group invariance in an increasingly stringent series of analyses of mean and covariance structures. Overall, the study provides systematic evidence that political skill can be treated as a stable construct among diverse cultural groups. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate that translated PSI measures operationalize the construct similarly. With some exceptions, the item loadings and intercepts are invariant for the US and non-US responses, suggesting partial measurement equivalence. After verifying the accuracy of item translation, we conclude that any differences can be explained by variation in the cultural value of uncertainly avoidance and cultural differences on a low-to-high context continuum. Detected dissimilarities are addressed, and some suggestions regarding the correct use across borders of the instrument by managers and researchers are provided.

Transnational and Cross-Cultural Approaches in Undercover Police Work

2015 ◽  
pp. 157-175
Author(s):  
John Irwin ◽  
Anthony H. Normore
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Police Work ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
The World ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Undercover operatives have for decades attempted to interact with and expose criminal activity in identified criminal sub-culture groups of their same ethnic backgrounds, potential criminal participants in diverse ethnic cultural groups other than their own ethnic background, and cross-cultural groups made up of people from different ethnic groups. Through our combined professional experiences (e.g., leadership professor, undercover law enforcement, criminal justice, research, inmate instructor, ethics professors) and having lived and worked in various parts of the world (e.g., Canada, US, UK, Europe, South East and Central Asia) our chapter examines undercover police work and provides a view to cross-cultural issues that exist on both the enforcement and suspect sides of police investigation. A variety of transnational and cross-border ethical issues are examined in undercover work (e.g. trickery, entrapment) along with landmark court cases in an effort to compare and contrast international approaches to undercover operatives. Future directions concerning international collaboration are presented.

A Cross-Cultural Experiment on How Well Audiences Remember News Stories from Newspaper, Computer, Television, and Radio Sources

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Buceta Facorro ◽  
Melvin L. Defleur
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
American University ◽  
Computer Screen ◽  
News Stories

This paper reports on the methods, findings, and implications of a large-scale cross-cultural experiment on audience recall of brief news stories. Subjects from Spain and from the United States were exposed, one-at-a-time and under highly controlled conditions, to one of three local spot news stories presented via either newspaper, computer screen, television, or radio. Each of the 720 subjects was a student in a beginning course in media studies, in either a Spanish or an American university. The stories were the same for each group, with each carefully prepared in the two languages so as to be “matched.” Careful attention was given to making the stories as close as possible in length, topic, organization, and coverage of specific details so as to permit direct comparisons between similar subjects in the two cultural settings. Distinct patterns of results with statistically significant differences between the two cultural groups were found.

Developing and Enhancing Successful Intelligence in Introductory Psychology Students: An Interview with Robert J. Sternberg

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-231
Author(s):  
Lani C. Fujitsubo
Keyword(s):  
American Association ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
General Psychology ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Successful Intelligence ◽  
Sexual Choices

Lani C. Fujitsubo (LCF) is an Associate Professor and the Director of Testing at Southern Oregon University. Her teaching interests are in General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Human Sexuality, Ethics, and Counseling. Her research has included cross-cultural issues within counseling and academia, celibacy and sexual choices among college students, and issues pertaining to women who have chosen to remain childless. Robert J. Sternberg (BJS) is a Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was recognized by Science Digest as one of the 100 top young scientists in the United States. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards and has written more than 500 articles and 40 books.

Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience Across 13 Countries

Assessment ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107319112110214
Author(s):  
Veljko Jovanović ◽  
Mohsen Joshanloo ◽  
Marta Martín-Carbonell ◽  
Corrado Caudek ◽  
Begoña Espejo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Age Range

The Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) is widely used to measure emotional experiences, but not much is known about its cross-cultural utility. The present study evaluated the measurement invariance of the SPANE across adult samples ( N = 12,635; age range = 18-85 years; 58.2% female) from 13 countries (China, Colombia, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, and the United States). Configural and partial scalar invariance of the SPANE were supported. Three items capturing specific negative emotions (sad, afraid, and angry) were found to be culturally noninvariant. Our findings suggest that the SPANE’s positive emotion terms and general negative emotion terms (e.g., negative and unpleasant) might be more suitable for cross-cultural studies on emotions and well-being, whereas caution is needed when comparing countries using the SPANE’s specific negative emotion items.

A Cross-Cultural Examination of University Students’ Motivation Toward Band and Academics in Singapore and the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Tan ◽  
Peter Miksza
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Band Students ◽  
Approach Goals

The purpose of the study was to investigate how university band students’ (non–music majors) motivational goal orientations toward band and academics differ across participants from Singapore ( n = 200) and the United States ( n = 227) and examine how they relate to a suite of adaptive dispositions (i.e., flow, grit, and commitment) relevant for 21st-century learning. Data were gathered via a self-report questionnaire that measured achievement goal orientations toward academic major, individual and collective goal orientations toward band, flow during rehearsals, grit while practicing, and commitment to band. An unexpected lack of cross-cultural differences was found, with participants from both cultural groups reporting higher levels of motivation toward their major academic field compared to band, indicating that achievement domain rather than culture accounted for differences in motivational goal orientations. Results also suggest that the optimal motivational profile to cultivate in large ensemble is a combination of individual mastery-approach and collective performance-approach goals.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document