This research examined whether people from collectivistic cultures are less likely to seek social support than are people from individualistic cultures because they are more cautious about potentially disturbing their social network. Study 1 found that Asian Americans from a more collectivistic culture sought social support less and found support seeking to be less effective than European Ameri...

With population ageing an increased number of older people live within the community. Nonprofit sector organizations deliver healthcare and social care services to older people on behalf of state-sector organizations. As the demand for these services increase, the role of IT in service delivery becomes important. Research which investigates the use of ICT in these aged care organizations is sca...

In the second paragraph of"Domesticated and Then Some," Professor Duran characterizes her topic as "the question of the moral significance, from the standpoint of animal rights, of whether or not a species is domesticated." Her question, so stated, is crucially ambiguous. Is it Ql) What can be said about the moral significance of an individual animal in virtue of its being a member of a domesti...

Technological products are increasingly equipped with data collection and personalization mechanisms that allow them to adapt to an individual user’s needs [ ]. However, the value and perception of these practices for users is still unclear. This field trip proposal investigates users’ mental models of personalization as well as perceived benefits and drawbacks using semi-structured interviews....

The present study examined the presence of specific cultural values within the preferred classroom and home activities of African-American upper elementary students. Written scenarios were constructed and used to determine whether students preferred their home and classroom activities carried out under specific cultural terms. Students also reported their perceptions of teachers and parents’ cu...

A field study investigated cross-cultural differences in choice-congruent behavior and its impact on compliance. U.S. and Asian participants received a request to complete an online survey and a month later they were approached with a larger, related request. Compliance with the initial request had a stronger impact on subsequent compliance among the U.S. participants than among the Asian parti...

Collectivism is better than individualism as the former holds the community together more than the latter do. Paradoxically, individualists tend to believe that there are universal values that should be shared by all, while collectivists tend to accept that different groups have different values. Many of the Asian cultures are collectivist, while Anglo cultures tend to be individualist. This pa...