ISBN:
9781848728080
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (538 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Understanding Culture : Theory, Research, and Application
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume contains contributions from 24 internationally known scholars covering a broad spectrum of interests in cross-cultural theory and research. This breadth is reflected in the diversity of the topics covered in the volume's chapters, as well as in a closing dialog between 14 of the field's top experts
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Section I: Theoretical Approaches; Chapter 1. A Dynamic Constructivist Approach to Culture: Moving From Describing Culture to Explaining Culture; Chapter 2. Understanding Cultural Syndrome Effects on What and How We Think: A Situated Cognition Model; Chapter 3. Culture Comparison and Culture Priming: A Critical Analysis; Chapter 4. An Intersubjective Consensus Approach to Culture: The Role of Intersubjective Norms Versus Cultural Self in Cultural Processes
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5. Culture as a Vehicle for Studying Individual DifferencesSection II: Dimensions of National Cultures and Their Measurement; Chapter 6. Cultural Mapping of Beliefs About the World and Their Application to a Social Psychology Involving Culture: Futurescaping; Chapter 7. Culture Matters: National Value Cultures, Sources, and Consequences; Chapter 8. On Finding Improved Ways of Characterizing National Cultures; Chapter 9. Nagging Problems and Modest Solutions in Cross-Cultural Research: Illustrations From Organizational Behavior Literature
Description / Table of Contents:
Section III: Ecological and Economic Foundations of CultureChapter 10. Ecological Determinants of Cultural Variation; Chapter 11. Climate, Psychological Homeostasis, and Individual Behaviors Across Cultures; Chapter 12. The Mutual Constitution of Residential Mobility and Individualism; Chapter 13. The Social and Economic Context of Peace and Happiness; Section IV: Psychological Manifestations of Culture: Cognition, Perception, and Emotion; Chapter 14. Language, Culture, Cognition: How Do They Intersect?; Chapter 15. Culture and Emotional Expression
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 16. Cultural Dialects: Nonverbal Behavior and Person PerceptionChapter 17. Culture Through the Lens of Self-Regulatory Orientations; Chapter 18. Looking Forward, Looking Back: Cultural Differences and Similarities in Time Orientation; Section V: Bicultural and Intercultural Process; Chapter 19. The Bicultural Self and the Bicultural Brain; Chapter 20. Biculturalism in Management: Leveraging the Benefits of Intrapersonal Diversity; Chapter 21. Buffering Acculturative Stress and Facilitating Cultural Adaptation: Nostalgia as a Psychological Resource
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 22. Theory, Critical Incidents, and the Preparation of People for Intercultural ExperiencesChapter 23. Self-Conscious Emotions as Emotional Systems: The Role of Culture in Shame and Pride Systems; Chapter 24. A Cultural Analysis of Harmony and Conflict: Toward an Integrated Model of Conflict Styles; Section VI: Integration and Reflection; Chapter 25. Culture and Information Processing: A Conceptual Integration; Chapter 26. Society, Culture, and the Person: Ways to Personalize and Socialize Cultural Psychology; Section VII: A Dialogue
Description / Table of Contents:
The Present and Future State of Cultural Research and Theory: A Dialogue
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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