An Individual Analysis Approach to Cross-Cultural Research

It is suggested that cross cultural research examined using aggregate analysis often results in superficial or meaningless evaluations of cultural differences. A more realistic approach appears to be individual level analysis to examine how one group of individuals differs from another. This paper r...

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Main Authors: TAN, Chin Tiong, McCullough, Jim, Teoh, Jeannie
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1987
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/214
https://acrwebsite.org/volumes/9822/volumes/v14/NA-14
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:It is suggested that cross cultural research examined using aggregate analysis often results in superficial or meaningless evaluations of cultural differences. A more realistic approach appears to be individual level analysis to examine how one group of individuals differs from another. This paper reports an application of the multi-attribute attitude model at the individual level on Asian consumers, to highlight the richness of individual analysis and advocates its appropriateness for ethnic research on consumer behavior.