TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Understanding cross-national differences in risk through a localized cultural perspective
JO  - Cross-cultural research: the journal of comparative social science
A1  - Park, Junsu
A1  - Kim, Do-Yeong
A1  - Zhang, Chong
SP  - 34
EP  - 62
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
N2  - We examine cross-national differences in attitudes and decisions toward risk by comparing Chinese (collectivists), South Korean (collectivists, but with distinctive localized cultural norms), and Australian (individualists) undergraduate student samples from a balanced cross-cultural perspective. Individual evaluation revealed that risk was least favored by the Chinese students in their attitudes and choices, followed by the South Korean and Australian students. Unlike previous results from South Korean and Australian student samples that exhibited unique shifts toward risky choices indicative of group polarization, the Chinese students did not tend to take greater risks when making group versus individual decisions (i.e., risky shift). This was regardless of the group's gender composition, although the pattern did vary according to financially oriented risk domains. The implications of these results are discussed in terms of each country's indigenous sociocultural norms.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1069-3971
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069397115609560
ID  - ref1
ER  -