This article draws attention to the distinction between individual
ism and collectivism, indicates its importance for organizational
scientists, and develops a questionnaire measure of individualism-
collectivism. This measure allows the empirical assessment of an
important implicit dimension in many contemporary organiza
tional models, and can be of use in directing the development of
theories and practices relevant to both collectivists and individualists.
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