送交者: Europeanese 于 2005-2-02, 09:58:34:
回答: there is indeed some differences between collectivism and individulism 由 xj 于 2005-2-01, 18:33:10:
Trust - The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity is my first book by Francis Fukuyama. Here's a short summary:
Trust lowers the transaction costs between independent agents in a society. It's easy to enact legislation that destroys trust in a society. It's hard to nurture and build trust. Successful societies depend on trust between individuals, to foster a stable and productive environment. Trust is social capital.
After reading books like Trust, I always try to put them into a practical perspective:
A software development team of people who trust each other, is certainly much more productive, than a team of sociopaths micromanaged by a paranoid boss.