[A truly global, non-WEIRD examination of collectivism: The Global Collectivism Index (GCI) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S266662272100023X](2022), covering 99.9% of the global population, Japan ranked 180th out of 188 countries in terms of its score indicating the strength of [collectivism
- For more on this study, see: A truly global, non-WEIRD examination of collectivism: The Global Collectivism Index (GCI).
kodai_kusano As a social psychologist, I can say based on data that collectivism is not at all high in Japan compared to the rest of the world (many people think it is). (Many people believe it is high.) What is relatively high is uncertainty avoidance. What is relatively high is the tendency toward uncertainty avoidance and long-term thinking, low diversity, high gender gap index, and stressful personality. But any scholar who claims these are the causes of economic stagnation is not sane. lol
tatsuyautexas When we tell people about things like Japanese collectivism, we usually cultures and organizations - software of the mind - multicultural world Iām using the data here, are there any empirical research papers that look good? Iāve heard that the discourse is not even supported in the first place, and Iād like to update my knowledge.
kodai_kusano Hofstede was also recently updated: Country comparison tool
Dr. Takano has long insisted:
- The illusion of ācollectivismā: The misconception of Japanese theory and its origin
And a recent paper has the same result: A truly global, non-WEIRD examination of collectivism: The Global Collectivism Index (GCI) This report introduces the Global Collectivism Index (GCI) ā a measure covering 99.9% of the earthās population. The GCI includes six sub-scores (e.g.ā¦
- Readers will surely notice that Japan received a very low GCI score, ranking 180th out of 188 nations. We address this issue in great detail later. For now, we begin with the obvious. Modern Japan has very small families, very high rates of car ownership, and low levels of ingroup favoritism (Hamamura, 2012). Japan is also one of the least religious nations on earth. Such facts make Japan an individualistic nation (Matsumoto et al., 1996). This does not mean, for example, that people from Japan care little about interpersonal harmony. Instead, concerns for interpersonal harmony may not be as tightly linked to collectivism as many have assumed (cf. Vignoles et al., 2016, and see also Minkov et al., 2017).
- Japan ranks 180th out of 188 countries with a very low GCI score
tatsuyautexas Oh, exactly the literature I wanted. Thank you! I guess we should no longer teach collectivism. Uncertainty Avoidance is still high. It is surprising that Motivation toward Achievement and Success is so high, but in a way it is a pleasant result.
kodai_kusano Yes, I think itās better not to tell them! Iād rather convey the difficulty and value of social science research on this matter.
tatsuyautexas Like Maslow and others, there are many things that only discourse can stand alone and are no longer recoverable. Every day I find it very difficult to correct something that somehow ārings a bellā. I am rather complicit in the reproduction. I have reflected on this.
kodai_kusano I think itās hard to find anything other than your own specialty, because itās a world where 51% agree with you and 49% disagree with you lol.
tatsuyautexas You are right. I have to teach a wide range of classes, so itās really hard to update the whole thing..,
mhayataki In the first place, I think Japan was rather high in individualism in Hofstedās cultural dimensionā¦ I think Japan was rather high in individualismā¦
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