Given these research findings on the positive relationship between
collectivism and group attitudes, collectivism should have a desirable impact
on cooperation in teamwork. Does this then imply collectivism is negatively
related to competitiveness – given that cooperation and competitiveness have
commonly been contrasted against each other in some studies of
competitiveness (King et al., 1995; Tang, 1999)? The answer to this would
depend on the facet of the competitive attitude under examination.