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Rule makers, rule breakers : how tight and loose cultures wire our world / Michele Gelfand.
Van Pelt Library GN493.3 .G45 2018
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- 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
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