Getting Grip on Cross-Cultural Research:The Effect of Different Power Distance Contexts on Reactions to Voice
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Previous research has shown that people from different power distance cultures respond differently to affective items when they are given, versus being denied, voice in a decision to be made. The current research tries to improve upon these conclusions by using a recently developed procedure and modifying it to suit the current research. In this procedure, besides passively measuring the cultural dimension in the control condition, the countercultural norm will be made saillant in the experimental condition, strengthening any conclusions that will be drawn about the cross-cultural differences. Using this new procedure in two separate studies, evidence is provided for the predictions that the Netherlands constitutes a low power distance culture (Study 1), whereas India constitutes a high power distance culture (Study 2), as well as its implications on people‟s reaction to voice. Implications for future research on cross-cultural differences are discussed.
Author: Michael van den Oudenalder
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W106618047