Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Cultures

Conversations with Tyler - Un podcast de Mercatus Center at George Mason University - Les mercredis

Michele Gelfand is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland and author of the just-released Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. In her conversation with Tyler, Michele unpacks the concept of tight and loose cultures and more, including which variable best explains tightness, the problem with norms, whether Silicon Valley has an honor culture, the importance of theory and history in guiding research, what Donald Trump gets wrong about negotiation, why MBAs underrate management, the need to develop cultural IQ, and why mentorship should last a lifetime.

Order Michele's book here.

Transcript and links

Follow Michele on Twitter

Follow Tyler on Twitter

More CWT goodness:

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Email

Visit the podcast's native language site