How culture orientation influences the COVID-19 pandemic: An empirical analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the mediational path of the influence of cultural orientation on the COVID-19 pandemic outcome at the national level and find out whether some culture-related factors can have a moderating effect on the influence of culture.

Methodology

Cultural dimension theory of Hofstede is used to quantify the degree of each dimension of culture orientation. The cross-section regression model is adopted to test if culture orientations affect the pandemic outcome, controlling for democracy, economy, education, population, age, and time. Then, a mediational analysis is conducted to examine if policy response is the mediator that culture makes an impact on the pandemic outcome. Finally, a moderation analysis is carried out to determine how each control

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9559590 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature