Research in India: success through collaboration

Those contemplating research in developing countries should bear in mind the following: the collective wisdom of both foreign and local investigators should be pooled to determine the most appropriate research questions and ethical obligations. Several collaborative research programmes launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown that it is eminently possible to engage in high-quality cross-cultural research, and many of these studies have generated a wealth of data from developing countries. Rigorous and highly sophisticated studies are possible in the developing world (Wilson, 1990). At the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) we have had several opportunities to collaborate successfully with researchers both within and outside India (Eaton et al, 1995; Thara & Eaton, 1996). This success has largely been due to mutual respect for one another's expertise and role with no room for patronisation and condescension.

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The ethics and conduct of cross-cultural research in developing countries

Psycho-Oncology ◽

10.1002/pon.2960030104 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 11-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Charles Olweny

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cultural Research ◽

Cross Cultural Research

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Concluding Thoughts

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.1017/s0267190500000386 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 254-258

Author(s):

G. Richard Tucker

Keyword(s):

Collaborative Research ◽

Public Life ◽

National Development ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Underlying Assumption ◽

Disciplinary Boundaries ◽

Economic Problems ◽

Cultural Research ◽

Cross Cultural Research ◽

Disciplinary Diversity

The present papers provide an instructive perspective on the emergence of the discipline of “applied linguistics.” First, and foremost, there is an underlying assumption that language is an important thread which runs, albeit often implicitly, through a variety of issues which are fundamental to national development and to public life (cf., Alatis & Tucker 1979). Second, there is an assumption that educational practices can be improved and social equity can be facilitated by applying knowledge gleaned from research conducted within the domain of the language sciences. Third, there is the assumption that scholars in diverse national settings want to become involved in improving access to opportunity--social, occupational or educational--in their own home settings. Fourth, there is an assumption that collaborative research is desirable, indeed increasingly necessary; and that the “Applied” Linguist may play a prominent role in helping to eliminate artificial disciplinary boundaries among anthropologists, educators, psychologists, sociologists, and others who are eager to utilize insights and data from research in the language sciences to ameliorate social and economic problems. Fifth, there is the assumption that the authors of the papers in this volume are investigating a common set of issues which despite their own geographical diversity, ethnolinguistic diversity, and disciplinary diversity can be better understood by examining the cumulative results of crossdisciplinary and cross-cultural research.

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Portrayal of Women

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.599 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 26-28

Author(s):

Dima Dabbous-Sensenig

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Industrialized Countries ◽

Cultural Research ◽

Cross Cultural Research ◽

The Media ◽

Communist Countries

Generally, women are portrayed in the media as being submissive, passive, dependent, inferior, and subservient to men. Cross-cultural research, moreover, has found great similarities in these portrayals between western industrialized countries,eastern communist (or ex-communist) countries, and southern developing countries: women are overall underrepresented in the media, in production as well as in content.

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Doing Better Research on Organizational Behaviour in Chinese Cultural Settings: Suggestions from the Notebooks of Two Fellow-Travellers

Management and Organization Review ◽

10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00237.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 455-475 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Michael Harris Bond ◽

Miriam Muethel

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural ◽

Future Research ◽

Cultural Environment ◽

Organizational Behaviour ◽

Individual Outcomes ◽

Cultural Research ◽

Research Designs ◽

Cross Cultural Research ◽

Research Questions ◽

Empirical Approaches

In this article, we describe the development of cross-cultural research in organizational behaviour over the last few decades. Distinguishing four epochs of cross-cultural research, i.e., the Aristotelian, Linnean, Newtonian, and Einsteinian, we explain research questions, empirical approaches, and research designs that have guided contributions to each epoch. Based on this description, we outline a route for future research that takes Chinese indigenous constructs as points of departure to describe how individual outcomes of interest are embedded in their cultural environment. Finally, we provide concrete implications for future research in this area.

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Sociocultural memory development research drives new directions in gadgetry science

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19000979 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Author(s):

Penny Van Bergen ◽

John Sutton

Keyword(s):

Episodic Memory ◽

Autobiographical Memory ◽

Developmental Psychology ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Memory Development ◽

Development Research ◽

Cultural Research ◽

New Directions ◽

Cross Cultural Research

Abstract Sociocultural developmental psychology can drive new directions in gadgetry science. We use autobiographical memory, a compound capacity incorporating episodic memory, as a case study. Autobiographical memory emerges late in development, supported by interactions with parents. Intervention research highlights the causal influence of these interactions, whereas cross-cultural research demonstrates culturally determined diversity. Different patterns of inheritance are discussed.

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