Are Cultures Becoming Individualistic? A Cross-Temporal Comparison of Individualism–Collectivism in the United States and Japan

Individualism–collectivism is one of the best researched dimensions of culture in psychology. One frequently asked but underexamined question regards its cross-temporal changes: Are cultures becoming individualistic? One influential theory of cultural change, modernization theory, predicts the rise...

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Main Author: Hamamura, Takeshi
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41658