Risky Business: Cosmopolitan Culture and Risk-Taking
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in: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Jahrgang 52, Nr. 3, 01.04.2021, S. 295-315.
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T1 - Risky Business
T2 - Cosmopolitan Culture and Risk-Taking
AU - Sevincer, A. Timur
AU - Kwon, Jung Yul
AU - Varnum, Michael E.W.
AU - Kitayama, Shinobu
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/4/1
Y1 - 2021/4/1
N2 - Some metropolitan areas (e.g., Berlin, New York) have a cosmopolitan culture. That is, they serve as centers of economic development and value diversity, creativity, and equality. These areas offer economic and creative opportunities that are open to anyone willing to take a risk. Therefore, such cities may attract people who are high in risk-taking. We first showed that real-world risk-taking is more common in cities with a more cosmopolitan culture (Study 1). Second, we found that people who are more prone to risk-taking as measured by self-report (Studies 2a and 2b) and observed behavior (Study 3, preregistered) have greater preferences for cosmopolitan cities as residential destinations. Third, we tested a causal link between risk-taking and preference for cosmopolitan cities. Inducing a prevention focus (known to inhibit risk-taking) reduced people’s desire to settle in cosmopolitan cities (Study 4). We discuss implications for economic growth and migration to cosmopolitan cities.
AB - Some metropolitan areas (e.g., Berlin, New York) have a cosmopolitan culture. That is, they serve as centers of economic development and value diversity, creativity, and equality. These areas offer economic and creative opportunities that are open to anyone willing to take a risk. Therefore, such cities may attract people who are high in risk-taking. We first showed that real-world risk-taking is more common in cities with a more cosmopolitan culture (Study 1). Second, we found that people who are more prone to risk-taking as measured by self-report (Studies 2a and 2b) and observed behavior (Study 3, preregistered) have greater preferences for cosmopolitan cities as residential destinations. Third, we tested a causal link between risk-taking and preference for cosmopolitan cities. Inducing a prevention focus (known to inhibit risk-taking) reduced people’s desire to settle in cosmopolitan cities (Study 4). We discuss implications for economic growth and migration to cosmopolitan cities.
KW - cosmopolitanism
KW - independence and interdependence
KW - prevention focus
KW - promotion focus
KW - risk-taking
KW - voluntary settlement
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103176237&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00220221211003207
DO - 10.1177/00220221211003207
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85103176237
VL - 52
SP - 295
EP - 315
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
SN - 0022-0221
IS - 3
ER -