Epistemic motives and cultural conformity : need for closure, culture, and context as determinants of conflict judgments.

Epistemic motives and cultural conformity : need for closure, culture, and context as determinants of conflict judgments.

Three studies supported the proposal that Need for Closure (NFC) involves a wish for consensual validation that leads to cultural conformity. Individual differences in NFC interact with cultural group variables to determine East Asian versus Western differences in conflict style and procedural prefe...

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Main Authors: Fu, Ho Ying., Lee, Sau-Lai., Morris, Micheal W., Chao, Melody., Chiu, Chi Yue., Hong, Ying Yi.
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
Format: Research Report
Published: 2008
Subjects:
DRNTU::Business
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/7037

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