Rule makers, rule breakers : how tight and loose cultures wire our world / Michele Gelfand.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Gelfand, Michele J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Social norms.
• Culture.

Physical Description:

376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, [2018]

Summary:

"A theory explaining cultural differences between countries and individuals based on the rigidity with which they adhere--or don't--to 'social norms'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Part I. Foundations : the power of a primal social force
• A cure for chaos
• Past vs. present : the more things change, the more they stay the same
• The yin and yang of tight and loose
• Disaster, disease, and diversity
• Part II. Analysis : tight-loose, here, there, and everywhere
• The war between America's states
• Working class vs. upper class : the hidden cultural fault line
• Is your organization tight or loose? It matters more than you think
• Mirror check : are you a "T" or a "L"?
• Part III. Applications : tight-loose in a changing world
• Goldilocks had it right
• Culture's revenge and global (dis)order
• Harnessing the power of social norms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-360) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gelfand, Michele J., author. Rule makers, rule breakers

ISBN:

• 9781501152931
• 1501152939
• 9781501152948
• 1501152947

OCLC:

1039191230