The worldviews of international and domestic New Zealand tertiary students : analysis through national groupings versus analysis based on individual attitude measures.

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The worldviews of international and domestic New Zealand tertiary students : analysis through national groupings versus analysis based on individual attitude measures.

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The present study investigated the construct of characterising societies as being either individualistic or collectivist as topics of research in the field of cross cultural tolerance. Using scenarios to describe behaviours typically encountered in New Zealand society, participants from individualist and collectivist cultures were asked to rate behaviours as to how much they understood and accepted the actions described. The participants’ responses were also analysed using attitude measures t...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2009

Creator

Holthouse, Stephen Mark

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2696

Related subjects

views / attitudes / Koltko-Rivera / Hui / acceptance / empathy / multiculturalism / individualism / collectivism / collective / social psychology / helping / groups / similarities / worldviews

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