Overview

This volume brings together eighteen writers with a variety of academic backgrounds and cultural experiences to explore the way that culture impinges on motivation. Exploring topics such as personal values and motives, intercultural exchange in the workplace, the intrapsychic process and the nexus between biology and culture, they formulate theories of motivation that can be applied in the modern multicultural world.

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Author:   Donald Munro ,  John F. Schumaker ,  Stuart C. Carr
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415915090

ISBN 10:   0415915090
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   02 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Theory and Concepts: 1. Donald Munro--Levels andProcesses in Motivation and Culture 2. Yoshihisa Kashima--Culture, Narrative, and Human MotivationSocialand Interpersonal Processes: 3. Russell Geen and John D.C. Shea--Social Motivation and Culture 4. Robin Goodwin -- Cross-Cultural Personal Relationships;Personal Values and Motives; 5. Shalom H. Schwartz--Values and Culture; 6. Stephen R. Wilson--Self- Actualization and Culture; 7. James Valentine--Conformity, Calculation, and Culture;Intercultural Exchange in the Workplace: 8. Henry S.R. Kao and Ng Sek-Hong--Work Motivation and Culture 9. Stuart C. Carr and Malcolm MacLachlan --MotivationalGravity;Intrapsychic Processes: 10. William Wedenoja and Elisa J. Sobo --Unconscious Motivation andCulture 11. Joan G. Miller --Cultural Conceptions ofDuty: Implications for Motivation and Morality 12. John F. Schumaker --Religious Motivation Across Cultures;The Biology and Culture Nexus: 13. Dona Lee Davis --Sexual Motivation Across Cultures 14. John Paul Scott --Aggression, Violence, and Culture.

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Donald Munro, Stuart C. Carr and John F. Schumaker are Senior Lecturer, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, respectively, all in Psychology at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

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