Theories and Concepts

Individualism and Collectivism

Cross-Cultural Psychology

A cross-cultural psychological dimension describing whether a society organizes itself around individual autonomy or group cohesion, with each orientation carrying documented associations with different patterns of economic behavior, political institutions and social relations. Harry Triandis was among the researchers whose extensive work established the dimension. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Societies can be organized through individualistic or collectivist means. Each orientation has documented associations with different patterns in economic behavior, legal and political institutions, and social relations. 1
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Stella Ting-Toomey's face-negotiation theory uses the individualism-collectivism cultural dimension as its central explanatory variable for how members of different cultures manage conflict and face concerns.

Source Wikipedia: Harry C. Triandis
Shalom Schwartz, Psychologists

His theory of basic human values maps closely onto the individualism-collectivism dimension, refining cross-cultural values research alongside Hofstede's.

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Source Wikipedia: Harry C. Triandis

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Societies can be organized through individualistic or collectivist means. Each orientation has documented associations with different patterns in economic behavior, legal and political institutions, and social relations.
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2. Wikipedia: Harry C. Triandis
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    Individualism And Collectivism (New Directions in Social Psychology), 1995.
  • Developed By: Harry C. Triandis, Article text
    He was well known for his extensive research on individualism and collectivism.
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Kağıtçıbaşı served as co-editor of the 1994 volume Individualism and Collectivism: Theory, Method, and Applications.
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