Joseph A. Allen, N. Lehmann-Willenbrock, A. Meinecke, Nicole B Landowski, S. Rogelberg, L. Lucianetti, Jiajin Tong, Hector P. Madrid
{"title":"The Ubiquity of Meeting Lateness! A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Small to Moderate Effects of Workplace Meeting Lateness","authors":"Joseph A. Allen, N. Lehmann-Willenbrock, A. Meinecke, Nicole B Landowski, S. Rogelberg, L. Lucianetti, Jiajin Tong, Hector P. Madrid","doi":"10.1177/10693971211024193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971211024193","url":null,"abstract":"Meeting lateness—that is, meetings starting past the pre-scheduled time—can be viewed as a disruption to the temporal pacing of work. Previous research in the United States indicates that late meetings produce less optimal outcomes, but empirical insights concerning the extent to which experiences of meeting lateness are similar or different across different cultures remain sparse. While prior work suggests differences in how individuals from different cultures experience time-related phenomena, globalization trends suggest increasing similarities in employees’ work experiences, and potentially similar experiences of meeting lateness across different cultural settings. We explore this idea in a cross-cultural study of meeting lateness in China, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States. We empirically establish the cross-cultural relevance of meeting lateness and their generally negative outcome. We show how meeting lateness relates to perceptions of impaired meeting processes, meeting outcomes, and group-related attitudes across cultures. We discuss these findings in light of extending meeting science to different cultures as well as contributions to the debate between cross-cultural differences versus globalization tendencies.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"351 - 381"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10693971211024193","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44717115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Menelaos Apostolou, Béla Birkás, C. S. D. da Silva, G. Esposito, R. Hsu, P. Jonason, Konstantinos O Karamanidis, J. O, Y. Ohtsubo, Á. Putz, Daniel Sznycer, Andrew G. Thomas, J. Valentova, M. A. Varella, Karel Kleisner, J. Flegr, Yan Wang
{"title":"Reasons of Singles for Being Single: Evidence from Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan and the UK","authors":"Menelaos Apostolou, Béla Birkás, C. S. D. da Silva, G. Esposito, R. Hsu, P. Jonason, Konstantinos O Karamanidis, J. O, Y. Ohtsubo, Á. Putz, Daniel Sznycer, Andrew G. Thomas, J. Valentova, M. A. Varella, Karel Kleisner, J. Flegr, Yan Wang","doi":"10.1177/10693971211021816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971211021816","url":null,"abstract":"The current research aimed to examine the reasons people are single, that is, not in an intimate relationship, across eight different countries—Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, and the UK. We asked a large cross-cultural sample of single participants (N = 6,822) to rate 92 different possible reasons for being single. These reasons were classified into 12 factors, including one’s perceived inability to find the right partner, the perception that one is not good at flirting, and the desire to focus on one’s career. Significant sex and age effects were found for most factors. The extracted factors were further classified into three separate domains: Perceived poor capacity to attract mates, desiring the freedom of choice, and currently being in between relationships. The domain structure, the relative importance of each factor and domain, as well as sex and age effects were relatively consistent across countries. There were also important differences however, including the differing effect sizes of sex and age effects between countries.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"319 - 350"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10693971211021816","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45390393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cross-National Comparison of Breastfeeding, Malnutrition and Associated Risk Factors among Mexican-Origin Children Living in Mexico and the US","authors":"A. Campos, M. Vilar-Compte, S. Hawkins","doi":"10.1177/10693971211021558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971211021558","url":null,"abstract":"To examine breastfeeding, individual and household risk factors for malnutrition (i.e., overweight and stunting) among Mexican-origin children aged 6 to 35 months living in Mexico and the US. We ran logistic regression models using subsamples of the 2012 Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey, and four waves (2007-2014) of the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We found evidence for a protective effect of any breastfeeding on stunting in Mexico. Risk factors for overweight and stunting across countries were high- and low-birthweight, correspondingly. An additional risk factor for overweight was introducing complementary foods before 6 months; while being male, living in Mexico and moderate-severe household food insecurity were additional risk factors for stunting. To prevent malnutrition among Mexican-origin children, pre- and post-natal culturally-sensitive policies and interventions in both countries should be aimed toward preventing high- and low-birthweight, and promoting positive maternal health behaviors such as appropriate child feeding practices.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"287 - 318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/10693971211021558","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43861419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stereotype Threat, Intergenerational Contact, and Performance among the Elderly across Cultures: A Comparative Study of France and Indonesia","authors":"A. Febriani, R. Sanitioso","doi":"10.1177/1069397121997074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397121997074","url":null,"abstract":"In the present research, we examined cross-cultural generalizability of the roles of anxiety and intergenerational contact in age-based stereotype threat (ABST). To this end, we conducted studies in France (individualistic culture) and Indonesia (collectivistic culture). In the main study, elderly participants in France and in Indonesia completed the Digit Span task that was presented as memory (high-threat) or cognitive strategy task (low-threat). Using the bootstrapping method, we found that, in both countries, stereotype threat led to lowered performance among the elderly who had little or no contact with the young. Those with positive contacts, on the other hand, showed no performance decrement under high (vs. low) threat. Highlighting the importance of culture, performance anxiety mediates the effects of threat on the performance of the French elderly, versus intergroup anxiety for the Indonesians. Self-construal (independent vs. interdependent) associated with cultural orientation (individualistic vs. collectivistic) was proposed to explain the cultural difference in the type of anxiety as a mediator. This not only leads to suggestions for future research but also for possible real-life intervention strategies.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"127 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1069397121997074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41514880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter B. Smith, M. Easterbrook, Y. Koç, V. M. Lun, Dona Papastylianou, L. Grigoryan, C. Torres, M. Efremova, Bushra Hassan, Ammar Abbas, A. H. Ahmad, A. Al-Bayati, Heyla A. Selim, Joel R. Anderson, S. Cross, Gisela Delfino, V. Gamsakhurdia, A. Gavreliuc, Dana Gavreliuc, Pelin Gul, Ceren Günsoy, A. Hakobjanyan, Siugmin Lay, O. Lopukhova, Ping Hu, D. Sunar, M. Texeira, D. Tripodi, P. D. Díaz Rivera, Yvette van Osch, Masaki Yuki, Natsuki Ogusu, C. T. Kwantes, R. Díaz-Loving, Lorena R. Perez‐Floriano, Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit
{"title":"Is an Emphasis on Dignity, Honor and Face more an Attribute of Individuals or of Cultural Groups?","authors":"Peter B. Smith, M. Easterbrook, Y. Koç, V. M. Lun, Dona Papastylianou, L. Grigoryan, C. Torres, M. Efremova, Bushra Hassan, Ammar Abbas, A. H. Ahmad, A. Al-Bayati, Heyla A. Selim, Joel R. Anderson, S. Cross, Gisela Delfino, V. Gamsakhurdia, A. Gavreliuc, Dana Gavreliuc, Pelin Gul, Ceren Günsoy, A. Hakobjanyan, Siugmin Lay, O. Lopukhova, Ping Hu, D. Sunar, M. Texeira, D. Tripodi, P. D. Díaz Rivera, Yvette van Osch, Masaki Yuki, Natsuki Ogusu, C. T. Kwantes, R. Díaz-Loving, Lorena R. Perez‐Floriano, Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit","doi":"10.1177/1069397120979571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397120979571","url":null,"abstract":"This study compares the individual-level and sample-level predictive utility of a measure of the cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face. University students in 29 samples from 24 nations used a simple measure to rate their perceptions of the interpersonal cultural logic characterizing their local culture. The nomological net of these measures was then explored. Key dependent measures included three different facets of independent versus interdependent self-construal, relevant attitudes and values, reported handling of actual interpersonal conflicts, and responses to normative settings. Multilevel analyses revealed both individual- and sample-level effects but the dignity measure showed more individual-level effects, whereas sample-level effects were relatively more important with the face measure. The implications of this contrast are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"95 - 126"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1069397120979571","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42843417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Culturally Imprinted Anxiety and the Itinerary of Clinical Trial Projects for Its Management","authors":"T. Malik","doi":"10.1177/1069397120967309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397120967309","url":null,"abstract":"Anxiety has become ubiquitous in modern life, across countries. Cultural theories suggest that high uncertainty avoidance (UA) increases anxiety, while long-term orientation (LTO) decreases it. We question whether a high UA culture in a region attracts research and development (R&D) projects regarding anxiety management, compared to LTO. Furthermore, do these opposite dimensions moderate each other in attracting a pharmaceutical firm’s response? This article explores this link between the UA culture and the moderation effect of LTO. Using data on clinical trials related to anxiety management projects in 67 countries, we record 10,585 observations, capturing 4% of the global population of clinical trials on the subject. We find that the uncertainty avoidance index (UAI) shows a negative correlation with the intensity of the anxiety management project, while LTO has no significant correlation. The interaction between the two shows positive correlation. The results are found to be significant after controlling for confounding variables and robustness checks. This study makes three contributions. First, it highlights the link between culture and anxiety management projects through the clinical trial movement. Second, it contributes to cultural theory, suggesting that the UAI defines problems and LTO defines innovative solutions. It also highlights the differences and links between the UAI and LTO at the conceptual level. Thirdly, it offers general policy and practical implications.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"148 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1069397120967309","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44499517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Culture of Time Inventory: Comparison of Time Attitudes Pertaining to Timed Testing in Russian and American Adults","authors":"Anna Agranovich, Z. Melikyan, A. Panter","doi":"10.1177/1069397120967919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397120967919","url":null,"abstract":"A measure of time attitudes, Culture of Time Inventory—33 items (COTI-33), was developed and validated in English and Russian on 560 American and 517 Russian respondents. The study aim was to examine and assess culturally relevant time attitudes that may affect performances on timed psychological and neuropsychological tests. A stable and comparable five-factor model emerged across samples, revealing the following dimensions of time attitudes: (1) planning; (2) punctuality; (3) time management; (4) event-time orientation; and (5) time-limited tests. Cultural differences emerged in COTI-33 factor scores where Americans rated planning and punctuality significantly higher than Russians. Discriminant validity of the scale was examined against the Big Five Personality Inventory. COTI-33 was established to have high reliability and construct validity and may serve as a valuable instrument for assessing the influence of time attitudes on timed psychological test performances in both clinical and non-clinical settings.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"179 - 208"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1069397120967919","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47933958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remnants of Communism and Present-Day Inequality","authors":"Waleed A. Jami, Markus Kemmelmeier","doi":"10.1177/1069397120957293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397120957293","url":null,"abstract":"Communism substantially shaped the values and beliefs of those who grew up under its regime. We argue that, after the Soviet Union’s collapse and the rapid transition to democracy and capitalism, many older people in post-communist countries continued to abide by an “ethos of equality” that was part of their socialization. These individuals continue to believe that it is the government’s responsibility to establish social equality; hence, they should evaluate social and political institutions based on the level of inequality that exists in their country. Using the 2016 European Quality of Life Survey, we examined to what extent levels of social inequality moderated the effects of age on social views and personal outcomes in post-communist and non-communist societies. We found that, especially in highly unequal post-communist societies, older individuals were less satisfied with democracy and trusted societal institutions less than their younger counterparts, whereas this was much less likely to be the case in post-communist countries with low inequality. There was no link between age and social views in non-communist societies, regardless of levels of inequality. Other than suggested by some scholars, inequality did not have any implications for evaluations of one’s personal life. The discussion focuses on the implications of our findings and their contributions to current research on social inequality and on the legacy of communism.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"58 - 91"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1069397120957293","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42423444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Test of the Reproducibility of the Clustering of Cultural Variables","authors":"A. Fog","doi":"10.1177/1069397120956948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397120956948","url":null,"abstract":"Cultural variables from many different cross-cultural studies can be divided into two clusters of variables that are strongly correlated within each cluster. This is reflected in two factors that are found to be reproduced by independent sets of cultural variables and also reflected in several different cross-cultural studies. The first factor, called superfactor, reflects the combined effects of development and modernization, together with social-psychological effects such as collectivism, conservatism, regality, and tightness. The second factor, called East Asian factor, combines several effects related to East Asian cultures, and possibly also differences in response style. These two factors can be found in several previously published cultural maps, but rotated differently. The common practice of factor rotation has obscured similarities between many different cross-cultural studies. Many previously published cultural factors with different names are in fact differently rotated solutions reflecting the same or closely related underlying cultural differences.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"29 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1069397120956948","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41795836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Cuccolo, M. Irgens, M. Zlokovich, Jon E. Grahe, J. Edlund
{"title":"What Crowdsourcing Can Offer to Cross-Cultural Psychological Science","authors":"K. Cuccolo, M. Irgens, M. Zlokovich, Jon E. Grahe, J. Edlund","doi":"10.1177/1069397120950628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397120950628","url":null,"abstract":"Although the benefits of crowdsourcing research models have been outlined elsewhere, very little attention has been paid to the application of these models to cross-cultural behavioral research. In this manuscript, we delineate two types of crowdsourcing initiatives—researcher crowdsourced and participant crowdsourced. Researcher crowdsourced refers to initiatives where researchers are gathered to work toward a shared goal. Participant crowdsourced refers to those which allow a researcher to gather a large number of participants within a short time frame. We explore the utility of each type of initiative while providing readers with a framework that can be used when deciding whether researcher or participant crowdsourcing initiatives would be most fruitful for their work. Perceived strengths of a researcher crowdsourced initiative with a cross-cultural focus is based on contributor data from Psi Chi’s Network for International Collaborative Exchange (NICE) and is integrated into this framework. Claims are made for the utility of both researcher and participant crowdsourcing as a way to increase generalizability and reliability, decrease time burdens, democratize research, educate individuals on open science, and provide mentorship. These claims are supported with data from NICE contributors.","PeriodicalId":47154,"journal":{"name":"Cross-Cultural Research","volume":"55 1","pages":"3 - 28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1069397120950628","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48693713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}