There is generally less social mobility. While this is not necessarily true of collectivist cultures in more highly industrialized societies, such as Italy or Japan, such cultures still have long historical traditions of collective thought and action. Collectivist cultures such as Mexico have extended family and tribal structures of relationship. Such cultures tend to have larger families. Such collectivist cultures place great value on cultural norms of the primary groups of which they belong, and emphasize compliance with group norms.
Collectivist societies place great value on achieving and maintaining group harmony.
The interests of individuals are often considered subordinate to the interests of the group. Conflict in collectivist societies is often viewed negatively because it has the effect of threatening group harmony. The tendency in collectivist societies is often to avoid discussing conflict, preferring to handle conflicting situations indirectly. Emerging conflicts are often ignored. Conflict in collective societies often arise from a perceived violation of group norms.