Cultural Tightness and Looseness Influence

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Exploration of how perceived threats shape tight and loose cultures, examining the impact on behavior rules, gender roles, and societal power dynamics. The chapter delves into the connection between threat reduction, mobility, and cultural norms, highlighting the role of post-Christian societies and ecological factors. Discussions on scapegoating, facial stigmas experiment, and the complexities of cross-cultural research dimensions add depth to understanding cultural dynamics.

Michele Gelfand is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland and author of the just-released Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. In her conversation with Tyler, Michele unpacks the concept of tight and loose cultures and more, including which variable best explains tightness, the problem with norms, whether Silicon Valley has an honor culture, the importance of theory and history in guiding research, what Donald Trump gets wrong about negotiation, why MBAs underrate management, the need to develop cultural IQ, and why mentorship should last a lifetime.

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