The Individualism‐Collectivism Construct: An Etic‐emic Analysis in an Organizational Context
Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal
ISSN: 1352-7606
Article publication date: 1 March 1996
Abstract
This study is an extension of an etic‐emic analysis of the individualism‐collectivism construct at the sociopsychological level to an organizational context. At the first level of comparison, strong and weak etics were extracted to permit comparability of values. At the second level, emic elements were produced to provide a basis of intercultural comparisons. Purely individualistic, purely collectivist and multidimensional factors emerged for the ten nations under consideration.
Citation
Abraham, R. (1996), "The Individualism‐Collectivism Construct: An Etic‐emic Analysis in an Organizational Context", Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008411
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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