By : Michele Gelfand Institute
Celebrated social psychologist Michele Gelfand offers a radical new theory about cultural differences that explains why some countries, cultures, and individuals rigorously abide by a host of norms, and others do precisely the opposite, with surprising results.Why are clocks in Germany always correct, while those in Brazil are frequently wrong? Why are Singaporeans jailed for chewing gum? Why do women in New Zealand have three times the sex of females worldwide? Why was the Daimler-Chrysler merger ill-fated from the start? And why does each generation of Americans give their kids weirder and weirder names? Curious about the answers to these and other questions, award-winning social psychologist Michele Gelfand has spent two decades studying both tight societies (with clearly stated rules and codes of ethics) and loose societies (more informal communities with weak or ambiguous norms). Putting each under the microscope, she conducted research in more than fifty countries and
Author : Michele Gelfand
Pages : 288 pages
Publisher : Scribner
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ISBN-10 : 1501152939
ISBN-13 : 9781501152931
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