Hong Kong Chinese explanations for wealth |
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| Authors: | Adrian Furnham |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine;2. Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care (CDRCC), University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas;1. Warwick Business School, UK;2. Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University and Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Australia;3. Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK;1. Department of Economics, University of Warwick, UK;2. Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study set out to replicate and extend studies done on attributions for affluence in Western, industrialized countries to a country famous for its wealth and economic growth. Over 100 subjects in Hong Kong rated explanations for wealth according to importance. Results showed that overall the subjects tended to endorse individualistic explanations for wealth while negating the relative importance of societal or fatalistic factors. There were few sex or income effects no doubt due to the sample tested. A factor analysis revealed two clear factors: internal-external (individualistic-collectivistic). The results are discussed in terms of the unique position of Hong Kong. |
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