Rule makers, rule breakers
Subtitle: how tight and loose cultures wire our world
By: Michele Gelfand
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781501152931
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Culture; Social norms
Description: "A theory explaining cultural differences between countries and individuals based on the rigidity with which they adhere--or don't--to 'social norms'"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Foundations : the power of a primal social force; title: A cure for chaos; title: Past vs. present : the more things change, the more they stay the same; title: The yin and yang of tight and loose; title: Disaster, disease, and diversity; title: Part II. Analysis : tight-loose here, there, and everywhere; title: The war between America's states; title: Working class vs. upper class : the hidden cultural fault line; title: Is your organization tight or loose? It matters more than you think; title: Mirror check : are you a "T" or a "L"?; title: Part III. Applications : tight-loose in a changing world; title: Goldilocks had it right; title: Culture's revenge and global (dis)order; title: Harnessing the power of social norms.