Cultural variable in friendship and group formation
Among the factors influencing social life, national cultural tendencies rarely appear in social research or analysis. In discussing the variables influencing comparative tendencies of populations to form primary groups and friendships, the national cultural variable is assessed for its potential imp...
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fttrinitycoll:oai:tara.tcd.ie:2262/68817 2023-05-15T17:31:26+02:00 Cultural variable in friendship and group formation Bennett, Don 1979 pp123-145 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/68817 en eng Economic & Social Studies Dublin Economic and Social Review Vol. 10, No. 2, 1979 Don Bennett, 'Cultural variable in friendship and group formation', Economic and Social Research Institute, Economic and Social Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1979, 1979, pp123-145 0012-9984 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/68817 OpenAccess Friendship - Economic aspects Networks - Economic aspects Journal article 1979 fttrinitycoll 2020-02-16T13:54:31Z Among the factors influencing social life, national cultural tendencies rarely appear in social research or analysis. In discussing the variables influencing comparative tendencies of populations to form primary groups and friendships, the national cultural variable is assessed for its potential importance. A variety of research findings on several North Atlantic nations is marshalled to provide data regarding comparative friendship and grouping tendencies; the same studies are assessed in terms of their success or failure in identifying a national cultural variable which may have been an influential part of the explanation of empirical findings. Salient forces which could be causally related to different friendship or group-forming patterns are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic The University of Dublin, Trinity College: TARA (Trinity's Access to Research Archive) |
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Among the factors influencing social life, national cultural tendencies rarely appear in social research or analysis. In discussing the variables influencing comparative tendencies of populations to form primary groups and friendships, the national cultural variable is assessed for its potential importance. A variety of research findings on several North Atlantic nations is marshalled to provide data regarding comparative friendship and grouping tendencies; the same studies are assessed in terms of their success or failure in identifying a national cultural variable which may have been an influential part of the explanation of empirical findings. Salient forces which could be causally related to different friendship or group-forming patterns are discussed. |
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Economic and Social Review Vol. 10, No. 2, 1979 Don Bennett, 'Cultural variable in friendship and group formation', Economic and Social Research Institute, Economic and Social Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1979, 1979, pp123-145 0012-9984 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/68817 |
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