Rethinking the Concept and Measurement of Societal Culture in Light of Empirical Findings

Fischer and Schwartz demonstrated that values vary much more within countries than between countries. This challenges the prevailing conception of culture as shared meaning systems, with high consensus, in which values play a central role. This article offers a concept of culture that does not assum...

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Belief & doubt
Consensus
Cross-cultural analysis
Cultural values
Culture
Justification
Meaning
Measurement
Social psychology
Society
Values
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