Negotiating ChinaThe shift to individualism

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Individualism-CollectivismSocialization is learned from familyCultural heritage across generationsCulture shapes who we areCulture shapes individualism-

collectivism

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Conflict BehaviorIncompatibility of valuesPerceived or actualDyadic relationships

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FaceworkConcept that originated with Chinese culturePublic image that people displaySelf-construal Independent versus interdependentChinese shift to independence

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Ingroup/Outgroup StatusIngroup is where you belongOutgroup is where you don’t belongConflict and outgroupsDefault to learned behavior

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Power DistanceDistribution of powerAmerica – small power distanceChina – large power distance

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GenderGreatly influences facework and

conflict behaviorMen are more aggressive and

competitiveMachiavellianism and Chinese men

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ModernizationChange in cultural landscapeConsequences of modernizationCulture under pressureConvergence, divergence and

crossvergence

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SummaryH1: Culture predicts individualism-collectivismH2: Individualism-collectivism influences conflict behavior.H3: Modernization influences conflict behavior.H4: Modernization influences individualism- collectivism

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Limitations andFuture ResearchSibling status effect on conflict

behaviorCombined effect of sibling status and

gender on conflict behavior

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Only ChildrenFamily interaction shapes conflict

behaviorLess social competenceEffective adult communicationSelf-seeking interests

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Same-gender SituationsGender differences are more pronouncedMen are competitiveWomen are cooperativeGender and status of opponent is key

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One Child Policy (OCP)China’s solution to overpopulation

problemModifies the family compositionBoys are more valuable Gender selectionGender imbalance

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Research QuestionsRQ1: Will China’s OCP have an effect on conflict

behavior, particularly as it applies to its creation of a society of male-dominant only children?

RQ2: Will China’s OCP be partially responsible for a shift from traditional collectivism to contemporary individualism?

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Conclusion

“If I am not a man among men,then what am I to be?”

- Confucius

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