Acculturation, social exclusion and resistance: Experiences of young Moroccans in Italy

Italian Youth in International Context

“…Moreover, they assert that identity is not necessarily related to the legal dimension of citizenship (see also . A similar result was also found more recently by Cicognani et al (2018), who identified different identity strategies used in Italy by young people with a Moroccan background to claim recognition and belonging in a context that denies their citizenship as a legal status. However, both studies show that formal citizenship is only recognized as important so far as it gives legal admittance and increases the opportunities to participate in the public sphere.…”

“…In the following excerpt, this refusal is expressed in terms of a contrast between 'them' and 'us': In the above sentence, a refusal of parental religion and culture can be framed in a more general effort of adolescents to affirm their own identity and to engage in developmental separation -the process of individuation from their parents. There is evidence, however, that the ways young Muslim women negotiated religious belonging in a non-Muslim country may vary from refusing to use religious symbols like the veil, or using discursive strategies to defend their religion, to public re-appropriation of Islamic symbols (Cicognani et al, 2018;Frisina and Hawthorne, 2018).…”

“In this country you can’t … have like a full tradition ..., it’s a little bit of everything”: Dialogs of identity for 1.5 and second generations in Australia.

“…Wanja speaks of an awareness of how important it is to possess these intercultural literacies to foster social connections and cross-cultural understanding, often to blend in, and "make things easier for everyone" like the metaphor of being "bridges" between two different cultures drawn on by young Moroccans in Italy (Cicognani et al, 2018). Participants articulated their ability to strategically adapt to circumstances, to make things psychologically and emotionally easier for themselves and others.…”

The influence of ant fragility and cross-cultural adaptability on employee engagement: The moderated mediation role of perceived insider status

“…Primarily, such individuals do not consider them to be an important part of the organization, rather they consider them to be a stranger; thus, face problems to adjust in the changed environment (Caron et al, 2019). Similarly, Cicognani, Sonn, Albanesi, and Zani (2018) asserted that individuals who have not ability to adjust in the new culture, they often face the problem of social exclusion; therefore, lack of social support is the main reason behind individuals' perceptions to be outsider in an organization. Apart from this, if organization does not help such employees, through providing seniors or colleagues' support, lack of perceived insider status enhances, which often lead to create employees' intention to leave the organization.…”

“…In this dif icult situation, often employees expect that their organization will support both psychologically and inancially; therefore, lack of support further increases the stress, which make them feel that they are not an insider, and not being valued by the organization (Qi et al, 2018). Contrarily, employees with high level of cultural intelligence can easily adjust in the changed environment, which help them to retain their performance level (Caron et al, 2019;Cicognani et al, 2018). In addition, despite of changed environment, the continuously good performance is appreciated by the organization, which further enhances the value of employees, and they consider themselves to be an important part of the organization (Rana et al, 2017).…”