文化与权力观念。

Culture and concepts of power.

机构信息

Marketing and Logistics Management, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

出版信息

J Pers Soc Psychol. 2010 Oct;99(4):703-23. doi: 10.1037/a0019973.

DOI:10.1037/a0019973

PMID:20649366

Abstract

Five studies indicate that conceptualizations of power are important elements of culture and serve culturally relevant goals. These studies provide converging evidence that cultures nurture different views of what is desirable and meaningful to do with power. Vertical individualism is associated with a conceptualization of power in personalized terms (i.e., power is for advancing one's personal status and prestige), whereas horizontal collectivism is associated with a conceptualization of power in socialized terms (i.e., power is for benefiting and helping others). Cultural variables are shown to predict beliefs about appropriate uses of power, episodic memories about power, attitudes in the service of power goals, and the contexts and ways in which power is used and defended. Evidence for the cultural patterning of power concepts is observed at both the individual level and the cultural-group level of analysis.

摘要

五项研究表明，权力概念是文化的重要组成部分，服务于具有文化相关性的目标。这些研究提供了趋同的证据，表明文化培养了对权力的不同看法，即什么是有价值的，什么是有意义的。垂直个人主义与个人化的权力概念相关（即，权力是为了提升个人的地位和威望），而水平集体主义与社会化的权力概念相关（即，权力是为了造福和帮助他人）。文化变量被证明可以预测权力的适当用途的信念、权力的情景记忆、服务于权力目标的态度，以及权力被使用和捍卫的情境和方式。在个体水平和文化群体水平的分析中都观察到了权力概念的文化模式。