Session Summary

Session Number:240
Session ID:S168
Session Title:Individualism-Collectivism: Where Should We Go From Here?
Short Title:Individualism-Collectivism
Session Type:Division Joint Symposium
Hotel:Hyatt West
Floor:LL1
Room:Columbian
Time:Tuesday, August 10, 1999 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Sponsors

CM  (Laurie Weingart)weingart@cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu (412) 268-7585 
OB  (Robert Liden)bobliden@uic.edu (312) 996-4481 

General People

Chair Chen, Ya-Ru  New York U. ychen8@stern.nyu.edu (212) 998-0417 
Chair Brockner, Joel  Columbia U. JBrockner@research.gsm.columbia.edu 212-854-4435 
Discussant Triandis, Harry C.  U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign htriandi@s.psych.uiuc.edu 217-333-1894 

Submissions

The Moderating Influence of Cultural Differences in Self-construal on the Interactive Relationship Between Outcome Favorability and Procedural Fairness 
Presenter Brockner, Joel  Columbia U. JBrockner@research.gsm.columbia.edu 212-854-4435 
Presenter Chen, Ya-Ru  New York U. ychen8@stern.nyu.edu (212) 998-0417 
Presenter Mannix, Elizabeth A. Columbia U. eam28@columbia.edu (212) 854-4424 
Toward an Explanation of Cultural Differences in Attribution Processes for Success and Failure: Evidence from An American Multinational Bank in Thirteen Cultures 
Presenter Chen, Ya-Ru  New York U. ychen8@stern.nyu.edu (212) 998-0417 
Presenter Mezias, Steven J. New York U. smezias@stern.nyu.edu 212-998-0229 
Presenter Murphy, Patrice  New York U. pmurphy@stern.nyu.edu (212) 998-0210 
Managing Cultural Collectivism in Working Groups: Three New Perspectives 
Presenter McCusker, Christopher  Yale U. christopher.mccusker@yale.edu (203) 432-6055 
A New Twist on an Old Theme: Alternative Views Concerning People in Relation to Others 
Presenter Earley, P. Christopher Indiana U. pearley@indiana.edu (812) 855-7335 
Presenter Erez, Miriam  Technion, Israel Institute of Technology merez@ie.technion.ac.il 972-4-294461 

Abstract

The widely-studied cultural dimension of individualism-collectivism has recently been criticized on conceptual and methodological grounds. Five problematic issues are addressed by four papers whose contributions offer insight to future research on this important construct.