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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Core ClaimSocieties 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 Connections
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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
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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1. Wikipedia: Individualism and Collectivism
Wikimedia FoundationCollectivism and individualism sectionQuote, Collectivism and individualism section
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.
2. Wikipedia: Harry C. Triandis
Wikimedia FoundationPublications sectionQuote, Publications section
Individualism And Collectivism (New Directions in Social Psychology), 1995.
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