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Between ‘Me’ and ‘We’: What Cultural Psychology Teaches Us About Identity
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About this edition.
Justine uses her experience as a multicultural team leader to explore the tension between a family emphasis on interdependence and workplaces that reward individual achievement. Read the original ↗
Drawing on Ruth Benedict, Hazel Markus, and Shinobu Kitayama, the article introduces cultural patterns, independent and interdependent models of self, and identity as a process that changes across contexts. Read the original ↗
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Cultural patterns
Noticing which values and ways of being a community treats as normal or desirable. In the edition ↗
Independence and interdependence
Reflecting on the relationship between individual recognition, connectedness, and collective responsibility. In the edition ↗
Identity across contexts
Understanding self-discovery as navigation among cultural influences rather than arrival at a fixed identity. In the edition ↗
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