Open research questions in Globalization and Cultural Identity
179 gap statements mined from Globalization and Cultural Identity papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 3,276 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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What the literature leaves open
The study's reliance on self-reported data may introduce a social desirability bias. The survey question may trigger fear of missing out, leading respondents to overreport usage. The study's sample size is limited to 21 countries, which may not be representative of the global population.
Negative relationship between cultural individualism and ChatGPT usage. Sociological analysis across 21 countries · 2026 · DOIThe research aims to address the lack of understanding of how cultural factors influence AI adoption and usage. The study seeks to explore the intersection of culture, generative artificial intelligence, and global power dynamics.
Negative relationship between cultural individualism and ChatGPT usage. Sociological analysis across 21 countries · 2026 · DOIThe challenges of multiculturalism in the workplace include communication barriers and misunderstandings. Limited English proficiency and cultural biases can also pose challenges.
The study is based on a small sample of 90 students. The study is limited to the perspectives of students and may not reflect the views of business professionals.
The paper suggests that future research should focus on finding valuable forms of hybridization and avoiding simulacra. The paper argues that it is necessary to form a proven methodology for determining the characteristics that should be exposed to the influence of globalization.
Hybridization of cultures as a consequence of globalization: risks of loss of independence · 2026 · DOIThe need to examine the effects of globalization on various aspects of Indian society. The challenge of balancing economic growth and development with cultural preservation and social equality.
The gap is the lack of a political approach to cosmopolitanism. Prior work has focused on moral views concerning global democracy and distributive justice.
The need to consider the cultural consequences of engineering activity. The lack of a broad humanitarian outlook and advanced ethical consciousness among modern specialists.
The gap in the existing literature on responsibility is not explicitly stated. The paper aims to contribute to the understanding of responsibility from a 'critical pragmatist' perspective.
A final relevant consequence may be found in the increasing awareness that civil society and political parties may deploy different strategies to convey democratic ideals into reality, but it remains to be clarified if this should be carried out into the trenches of a pugnacious media and from there into the beliefs and expectations of citizens.
The Cultural Dissensions of the Promised Future: Culture Wars and Barack Obama’s Autobiographies · 2013I go on to distinguish three issues on this agenda which are more often collapsed, arguing that the meaning of markets should be investigated in terms of the cultural construction of objects of market exchange, the cultural construction of parties to market exchange, and the cultural construction of norms of exchange.
The paper argues that the ceremonial encapsulation hypothesis can fill this gap.
The lack of a universal solution to the problem of cultural pluralism is noted.
The decline of normativity is a direct consequence of global militarization. The need to restore normativity on the international legal plane. The suspicion that incrementalism might imply a return to statism.
The need to look at the national elements supportive of the normative decline on the international level. The need to visualize and substantiate a preferred world order.
Future research could explore the application of the author's theory to other civilizations. It could examine the implications of viewing societies as self-referential systems. Further study could investigate the role of language and symbolization in shaping societal development.
It highlights the need for a theoretical framework to understand the development of civilizations.
The paper suggests that future research should focus on developing a more holistic approach to understanding oppression. It highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of critical traditionality and its relevance to social change.
It argues that these theories are limited and do not address the complexities of modern societies.
The paper highlights the need for further research on the implications of corporate culture on workers and the company.
The paper argues that the current situation, which affects not only the Ukrainian space but also spreads on a global scale, requires a deeper understanding of the factors that lead to the hybridization of cultures.
Hybridization of cultures as a consequence of globalization: risks of loss of independence · 2026 · DOIThe paper suggests that the dominant paradigm has led to a loss of distinctiveness.
The author argues that the concept of culture is essential to understanding human behavior and institutions.
The Berliner counteracting lllustrierte Zeitung was to serve as an example of the integral role of the press "in transforming cultural habits those characteristic of democracy to those characteristic of pre-fascist forms".
The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the growth of OTC derivatives. The paper aims to fill this gap by analyzing the statistics of OTC derivatives outstanding.
Most-cited papers in Globalization and Cultural Identity
- World Society and the Nation‐State · American Journal of Sociology · 1997 · 2,894 citations
- Culture and Cognition · Annual Review of Sociology · 1997 · 2,053 citations
- Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy · Theory Culture & Society · 1990 · 1,978 citations
- Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference · Cultural Anthropology · 1992 · 1,952 citations
- Hofstede’s Model of National Cultural Differences and their Consequences: A Triumph of Faith - a Failure of Analysis · Human Relations · 2002 · 1,633 citations
- Diverse economies: performative practices for `other worlds' · Progress in Human Geography · 2008 · 1,275 citations
- Cultural Capital: Allusions, Gaps and Glissandos in Recent Theoretical Developments · Sociological Theory · 1988 · 1,090 citations
- Has Globalization Gone Too Far? · California Management Review · 1997 · 1,043 citations
- Language Ideology · Annual Review of Anthropology · 1994 · 998 citations
- Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture · Theory Culture & Society · 1990 · 948 citations
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