Cultural Processes : A Social Psychological Perspective (Paperback)

Part I. Introduction: 1. Cultural processes: an overview Chi-yue Chiu, Angela K.-y. Leung and Ying-yi Hong; Part II. Representational Theories of Culture: 2. Culture as lay personal beliefs Karl Dach-Gruschow, Evelyn W. M. Au and Hsin-Ya Liao; 3. Culture as intersubjective representations of values Ching Wan and Chi-yue Chiu; 4. Culture as norm representations: the case of collective responsibility attribution Melody Manchi Chao and Chi-yue Chiu; Part III. Psychological Functions of Culture: 5. Epistemic functions of culture Melody Manchi Chao and Chi-yue Chiu; 6. Existential functions of culture: the monumental immortality project Pelin Kesebir; 7. Self-definitional functions of culture Ching Wan, Karl Dach-Gruschow, Sun No and Ying-yi Hong; Part IV. Manifestations of Cultural Processes: 8. Culture and self-enhancement Young-Hoon Kim; 9. Cultural processes underlying subjective well-being Young-Hoon Kim and William Tov; 10. Cultural processes in teams: the development of team mental models in heterogeneous work teams Jing Qiu, Zhi-Xue Zhang and Leigh Anne Liu; 11. Harmony, illusory relationship costs, and conflict resolution in Chinese contexts Zhi-Xue Zhang, Yan Zhang and Min Wang; Part V. Transcultural Processes: 12. Bicultural identity negotiation Sun No, Ching Wan, Melody Manchi Chao, Jennifer L. Rosner and Ying-yi Hong; 13. Multicultural experiences and intercultural communication Angela K.-y. Leung and Chi-yue Chiu; 14. Multicultural experience fosters creative conceptual expansion Angela K.-y. Leung, Jing Chen and Chi-yue Chiu; 15. Workforce diversity and creativity: a multilevel analysis Jian Han, Siqing Peng, Chi-yue Chiu and Angela K.-y. Leung.