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Cultural and Personality Determinants of Leniency in Self-Rating among Chinese People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Jia Lin Xie ,
Ziguang Chen  and
Jean-Paul Roy
Translated by
谢家琳  and
辣子光
Jia Lin Xie
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Canada
Ziguang Chen
Affiliation:
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jean-Paul Roy
Affiliation:
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
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Abstract

This study examines how cultural values (i.e., individualism and collectivism) and personality (i.e., self-perceived superiority and exhibitionism) jointly affect self-rating among Chinese respondents from mainland China (N= 161), Hong Kong (N= 350), and Taiwan (N= 398). The results demonstrated that respondents with a more individualistic cultural orientation exhibit greater leniency in self-rating than those with a more collectivistic cultural orientation. Furthermore, self-perceived superiority and exhibitionism are related to high self-ratings among individuals who expressed low individualism values, but not among individuals who expressed high individualism or collectivism values. The results suggest that self-rating research needs to take both the individual's cultural values and personality traits into account.

Keywords

个人主义价值观念集体主义价值观念自我优越感自我表现欲自我评估
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , July 2006 , pp. 181 - 207
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Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2006

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