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The relationship between cultural tightness-looseness and COVID-19 cases and deaths: a global analysis.

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In this article, the authors examined the relationship between cultural tightness and COVID-19 case and mortality rates as of Oct 16, 2020, using an ordinary least squares regression.
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This article is published in The Lancet Planetary Health.The article was published on 2021-01-29 and is currently open access. It has received 234 citations till now.

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The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic

TL;DR: The COVID-19 Commission report as mentioned in this paper provides a conceptual framework for understanding pandemics and proposes guideposts for strengthening the multilateral system to address global emergencies and to achieve sustainable development.
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Compliance and Self-Reporting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Cultural Study of Trust and Self-Conscious Emotions in the United States, Italy, and South Korea

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of cultural orientations of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism, self-conscious emotions of shame and guilt related to the infection and trust in the government's action was investigated.
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Mask Wearing as Cultural Behavior: An Investigation Across 45 U.S. States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

TL;DR: The authors found that mask wearing was seen as a civic duty in tightener (vs. looser) states, whereas in U.S. honor states mask were seen as spoiling one's public image.
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Case-Fatality Rate and Characteristics of Patients Dying in Relation to COVID-19 in Italy.

TL;DR: Since then, the number of cases identified in Italy has rapidly increased, mainly in northern Italy, but all regions of the country have reported having patients with COVID-19, and Italy now has the second largest number of CO VID-19 cases and also has a very high case-fatality rate.
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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

Jay J. Van Bavel, +42 more
TL;DR: Evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics is discussed, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping.
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Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values.

TL;DR: In his book Culture's Consequences, Geert Hofstede proposed four dimensions on which the differences among national cultures can be understood: Individualism, Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Masculinity.
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A Room with a Viewpoint: Using Social Norms to Motivate Environmental Conservation in Hotels

TL;DR: This paper examined the effectiveness of signs requesting hotel guests' participation in an environmental conservation program and found that normative appeals were more effective when describing group behavior that occurred in the setting that most closely matched individuals' immediate situational circumstances, referred to as provincial norms.
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