Work-group characteristics and performance in collectivistic and individualistic cultures

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-23

  Sosik, John J ^a   Jung, Dong I ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Functional heterogeneity; Group potency; Individualism; Korean students; Outcome expectation; Teamwork; U.S. students; Work groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036483939     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540209603881     Document Type: Article

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