A Comparison of Response Styles in Singapore and Taiwan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7842861
AutoresMary Jiang Bresnahan (Michigan State University), Mary Bresnahan (0000-0003-2483-394X, Michigan State University, autor de correspondencia), Rie Ohashi (0000-0002-4179-2599, Michigan State University), Wen Ying Liu (Shih-Hsin University, Taipei), Reiko Nebashi (Rikkyo University, Tokyo), Chao-Chih Liao (0000-0002-9116-3563, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan)
Año1999
Volumen30
Número3
Páginas342-358
Fecha de publicación1999-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022022199030003004
OpenAlexW2163695768
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas34

This study compares the response styles of 2 groups of Chinese men and women who have been described as collectivists—Chinese in Singapore and Taiwan. Participants were presented with one of three request scenarios that controlled participant identity and manipulated the level of imposition of what was requested. Chinese in Singapore were found to prefer complying with the request of a friend compared to Chinese in Taiwan, who were more likely to refuse and who used significantly more tactics to decline a friend’s request. This suggests that although they indicated that they would be more likely to refuse the request, Taiwan Chinese compensated for this preference by embedding declinations in several tactics. There was more request compliance with low imposition and less request compliance with high imposition for all participants, regardless of national group or gender. Independent self-construal was related to direct refusal. Overall, men were more compliant than women

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