Socialization for Achievement: Essays on the Cultural Psychology of the Japanese

Socialization for Achievement: Essays on the Cultural Psychology of the Japanese by George A. De Vos offers a sweeping interdisciplinary inquiry into the ways Japanese culture shapes individual motivation, achievement, and social conformity. Drawing on decades of research that integrates psychology, anthropology, and sociology, De Vos situates Japanese patterns of socialization within a broader theoretical framework for understanding human development. The essays in this collection probe ho...