Does National Culture Matter to the Understanding of COVID-19 Pandemic? The Relationship between Cultural Dimensions and COVID-19 Cases (문화적 차원과 코로나바이러스감염증-19(COVID-19) 확진자 수 간 상관관계에 관한 연구)

Sung-Jun Lee (이성준)

Does National Culture Matter to the Understanding of COVID-19 Pandemic? The Relationship between Cultural Dimensions and COVID-19 Cases

Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea
Abbr : JSSK
2020, (25), pp.47-77
Publisher : The Scandinavian Society of Korea
Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > North Europe(Scandinavian)
Received : June 25, 2020
Accepted : July 11, 2020
Published : June 30, 2020

Sung-Jun Lee ¹

¹한국외국어대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study is to empirically examine whether the different number of COVID-19 cases by each country worldwide can be effectively explained by national cultural differences. National cultural differences are measured using the results of the three existing large-scale comparative studies, namely Geert Hofstede’s research on cultural dimensions, GLOBE project, and Shalom H. Schwartz’s value orientation research. The results show that individualism vs. collectivism as well as power distance dimension have robust relations with the number of COVID-19 cases.

KEYWORDS

COVID-19, national culture, cultural dimension, Geert Hofstede, GLOBE project, Shalom H. Schwartz

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