Are Japanese More Collectivistic Than Americans?
@article{Takano2008AreJM, title={Are Japanese More Collectivistic Than Americans?}, author={Y. Takano and S. Sogon}, journal={Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology}, year={2008}, volume={39}, pages={237 - 250} }
This study examines whether the common view that Japanese are more collectivistic than Americans is valid or not in three respects: First, the authors point out that those empirical studies that were directly related to the commonly accepted definition of individualism and collectivism (I/C) did not support the common view and that those studies whose relations to I/C were merely inferred were inappropriate in judging its validity. Second, the authors show that the reference-group effect (Heine… Expand
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