Exploring Tight and Loose Cultures Across Different Domains

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The chapter delves into the concept of tight and loose cultures, highlighting examples from various countries and cultural domains. It discusses how different domains within a culture can exhibit tight or loose tendencies, emphasizing the importance of understanding these cultural variations for better adaptation and interaction. The conversation also explores the intertwining of cultural norms with individual personality traits, shedding light on the factors that reinforce tightness within cultures.

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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