The article comprehensively reviews the concept of national cultures and its validity for cross-cultural research. The concept of national culture is widespread in cultural and cross-cultural research. It is believed that the residents of certain countries or people of certain … Continue reading
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5 Differences Between Western and Eastern Cultures
The cultural opposition of Western and Eastern societies has been widely recognized in public discourse and scholarship. This division of the major world cultures had historical roots, valid justification, and adequacy. Great Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States … Continue reading
Cultural Proxemics and the Immediacy of Interpersonal Communication
Humans are territorial species, even though their notions of territorial space and proxemics are different from many other animals and vary between hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies. Humans, as social animals, tend to form a sense of in-groups and out-groups, as … Continue reading
Individualism and Collectivism in Societies
Individualism and collectivism have been among the central concepts of cross-cultural research. The division between individualistic Western societies and collectivistic Eastern societies is probably the best-known cultural parameter distinguishing the West and East. At least, that is the most common … Continue reading
Personal Identity in Independent and Interdependent Cultures
The concept of interdependent and independent cultures tells us something about the internal structure of society and relationships between people, as well as how they are deemed in the mind and self of a person. These are personhood conceptions and … Continue reading