Government policies, national culture and social distancing during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: International evidence

• Published in: Safety science Vol. 135; p. 105138
• Main Author: Wang, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: American culture; COVID-19; Cultural factors; Culture; Disease control; Government stringency; Pandemics; Public policy; Social distancing; COVID-19; Government stringency; Social distancing; Culture

•This paper is the first to compare the impacts of government policies and national culture on social distancing.•This paper is the first to investigate the relationship between social distancing and all six of Hofstede’s national culture dimensions.•This paper focus on the first wave of the COVID-1...