Technology affect Culture and Implications for International Management - On Focusing Cultural Dimension of Individualism and Collectivism -

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Hak Cho Kim ◽  
Ji-Seok Lee
Keyword(s):  
International Management ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Individualism And Collectivism

Individualism and Collectivism: What Differences between Portuguese and Romanian Adolescents?

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 555-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Ciochinã ◽  
Luísa Faria
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Anonymous Questionnaire ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Individualism And Collectivism ◽  
Two Independent Variables

This article presents the results of a series of preliminary comparisons, between the Portuguese and Romanian cultural contexts, on the individualism-collectivism (IND/COL) cultural dimension. The IND/COL was evaluated with the Individualism-Collectivism Questionnaire – ICQ –, constructed in New Zealand by Shulruf, Hattie and Dixon (2003, Anonymous Questionnaire of Self-Attitudes –AQSA), and adapted to the Portuguese and Romanian contexts by Ciochină and Faria (2007), using studies of confirmatory factor analysis. The ICQ composed by 26 items, 15 evaluating the IND scale– with three subscales (Uniqueness, Competition and Responsibility) –, and 11 evaluating the COL scale – with two subscales (Harmony and Advice) –, was administered to 395 subjects, 200 Portuguese and 195 Romanian, 10th and 12th graders. On the whole, in the Portuguese and Romanian samples, the multivariate and univariate statistical analyses evidenced the existence of two independent variables – gender and cultural context –, with significant effects, main and of interaction, on the scales and subscales of the ICQ. The results were discussed taking into consideration the specificities of the educational systems in the two cultural contexts, which are inevitably shaped by socio-cultural factors characteristic of the two countries considered in the present study – Portugal and Romania.

Traditional dispute resolution in Micronesia

1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick M. Wolff ◽  
O. Randall Braman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Individualism And Collectivism ◽  
Traditional Approaches

AbstractTraditional approaches to dispute resolution in Micronesia offer elements of reconciliation that are practical and essential for maintaining peaceful relationships on a small island. These elements include family involvement, ritualistic processes, symbolism, mediation, and restitution. Using information gathered through interviews and an observation of a simulation, and by reviewing literature related to cultural differences in general, this paper introduces these elements, describes their application in real life and ceremonial events, and discusses theoretical connections with the cultural dimension of individualism and collectivism. In conclusion, the authors encourage a heightened awareness, further research, and continued practice of traditional Micronesian approaches to dispute resolution.

scholarly journals Ατομικισμός – Συλλογικότητα και σχολικός εκφοβισμός

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Στέλιος Γεωργίου ◽  
Κυριακή Φουσιανή
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Parental Style ◽  
Peer Violence ◽  
Individualism And Collectivism ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between bullying at school and cultural value orientation constitutes one of the most interesting topics in the international literature during the recent years. Media in Western countries, where individualist cultural values prevail, present collectivist societies as less sensitive towards individual freedom and individual needs. For this reason, they postulate that phenomena such as peer violence and bullying at school are more frequent and more intense in societies where individuals are subordinated to the coercion and expectations of the group. Some recent studies confirm the above rationale and attribute it to the authoritarian parental style that such societies adopt. however, some other studies support the idea that collectivism is a cultural orientation that aims to prevent individuals from getting involved in violent actions against the powerless. Power distance, a cultural dimension referring to the way that power is allocated among people, with either individualist or collectivist cultural values, seems to be the key for the clarification of this issue. Both individualism and collectivism can have a horizontal and a vertical dimension of power distance. horizontal power distance fosters equality and cooperation, whereas vertical power distance underlines hierarchy and submission to the directives of authority. The current paper aims to explore the relationship between the above variables presentingfindings from empirical research.

Individualism and Collectivism: Descriptions or Explanations?

1996 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 540-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall H. Segall
Keyword(s):  
Individualism And Collectivism

Individualism and Collectivism as Social Representation

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1322-1324
Author(s):  
Shinobu Kitayama
Keyword(s):  
Social Representation ◽  
Individualism And Collectivism

Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boaz Shulruf ◽  
John Hattie ◽  
Robyn Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Individualism And Collectivism

TRANSLATION AS MENTAL INTERPRETATION ACTIVITY IN LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (28) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Svitlana Gruschko
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Language

In the article the phenomenon of translation is regarded as mental interpretation activity not only in linguistics, but also in literary criticism. The literary work and its translation are most vivid guides to mental and cultural life of people, an example of intercultural communication. An adequate perception of non-native culture depends on communicators’ general fund of knowledge. The essential part of such fund of knowledge is native language, and translation, being a mediator, is a means of cross-language and cross-cultural communication. Mastering another language through literature, a person is mastering new world and its culture. The process of literary texts’ translation requires language creativity of the translator, who becomes so-called “co-author” of the work. Translation activity is a result of the interpreter’s creativity and a sort of language activity: language units are being selected according to language units of the original text. This kind of approach actualizes linguistic researching of real translation facts: balance between language and speech units of the translated work (i.e. translationinterpretation, author’s made-up words, or revised language peculiarities of the characters). The process of literary translation by itself should be considered within the dimension of a dialogue between cultures. Such a dialogue takes place in the frame of different national stereotypes of thinking and communicational behavior, which influences mutual understanding between the communicators with the help of literary work being a mediator. So, modern linguistics actualizes the research of language activities during the process of literary work’s creating. This problem has to be studied furthermore, it can be considered as one of the central ones to be under consideration while dealing with cultural dimension of the translation process, including the process of solving the problems of cross-cultural communication.

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