Purpose This paper empirically investigates how cultural variations in individualism and tightness affected the containment of COVID-19 using data from 54 nations during a 30-day period of government intervention Design/methodology/approach The authors utilized the hierarchical regression approach to check the effects of three cultural variables - the individualism measure, taken from Hofstede's six-dimension national culture index, and the measure of cultural tightness, based on the three tightness-looseness indexes calculated by Irem Uz (2015) and their interaction - on the changes in the prevalence rate (Delta PR) and crude mortality rate (Delta CMR) and case fatality rate (CFR) while controlling for the stringency of government responses to COVID-19, median age and population density Findings Significant relationships were found between cultural variables and national performance in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, measured by Delta PR, Delta CMR and CFR After controlling for the stringency of government responses, median age and population density, the authors found that cultural tightness and individualism as well as their interactions remain to be pivotal Loose and individualistic cultures led to faster increases in PR and CMR and higher CFR A four-quadrant conceptual framework is developed to categorize and discuss the national differences Originality/value The paper integrated two constructs - cultural tightness-looseness and individualism-collectivism - to form a theoretical lens to guide the authors' analyses while using the real-time COVID-19 data as a natural experiment for theorizing and testing This study's findings have significant policy implications in government responses, strategic planning, cultural adaptability and policy implementations for the world's continuous battle against the pandemic

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民族文化在COVID-19的收容中是否重要？

目的本文使用政府干预30天期间来自54个国家的数据，通过经验研究了个人主义和封闭性的文化差异如何影响COVID-19的遏制。设计/方法/方法作者使用分层回归方法来检验三个文化变量-从霍夫斯泰德（Hofstede）的六维国家文化指数中得出的个人主义测度，以及基于Irem Uz（2015）计算出的三个紧密度-松散度指数及其相互作用的文化紧密度测度-患病率的变化率（Delta PR），粗死亡率（Delta CMR）和病死率（CFR），同时控制政府对COVID-19的响应严格程度，中位数年龄和人口密度调查结果通过Delta PR，Delta CMR和CFR测量，发现文化变量与国家绩效之间在减缓冠状病毒传播方面存在显着关系。在控制了政府对策，年龄中位数和人口密度的严格程度后，作者发现文化的紧密性和个人主义及其相互作用仍然是关键。松散和个人主义的文化导致PR和CMR的增长更快，CFR更高。开发了一个四象限概念框架来分类和讨论民族差异原创性/价值整合了两种结构-文化的松散度和个人主义-集体主义-形成了指导作者的理论视角分析，同时使用实时COVID-19数据作为理论和测试的自然实验该研究的发现对政府响应，战略规划，文化适应性以及全球持续抗击流行病的政策实施具有重要的政策意义