Identity conflict in sojourners

Leong, Chan‐Hoong; Ward, Colleen

doi:10.1016/s0147-1767(00)00030-4

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“…Cross-cultural research has utilized a related concept, cultural distance, which refers to subjective perceptions of differences between members of home and host cultures (Leong and Ward 2000). Of particular interest is the notion of a "gap" between cultures that involves clear contrasts and divisions (Tafarodi et al 2002).…”

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Do Workgroup Faultlines Help or Hurt? A Moderated Model of Faultlines, Team Identification, and Group Performance

Bezrukova

Jehn

Zanutto

et al. 2009

Organization Science

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I n this study we examine a moderated model of group faultlines, team identification, and group performance outcomes. We extend research on faultlines by showing how different faultline bases (social category and information-based faultlines) may have differential effects on the performance of groups. In addition to faultline strength (the extent of demographic alignment across members within a group), we examine the distance between faultline-based subgroups (e.g., two members of age 20 are closer in age to two members of an opposing subgroup of age 25 than of two members of age 50). We test our model using an archival field methodology and multiple-source data (qualitative and quantitative) from 76 workgroups in a Fortune 500 information-processing company. Our results revealed that groups with social category faultlines had low team discretionary awards. Faultline distance further exacerbated the negative effects of strength in groups with social category faultlines and produced similarly negative effects in groups with information-based faultlines. Team identification served as a moderator enhancing performance of groups with information-based faultlines.

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Section: Faultline Distancementioning

confidence: 99%

Do Workgroup Faultlines Help or Hurt? A Moderated Model of Faultlines, Team Identification, and Group Performance

Bezrukova

Jehn

Zanutto

et al. 2009

Organization Science

379

548

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“…The intercultural background variables are hypothesized to impact how one will respond to American culture and thus his or her levels of intrapersonal identity conflict. To assess this relationship, the researcher conducted a survey of Saudi Arabian students studying in the United States, which collected information on length of previous experience abroad and time studying English, and details on prior interactions with Americans, as well as employing Leong and Ward's (2000) Ethno-Cultural Identity Conflict Scale (EICS).…”

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“…This reaction not only impacts how Saudi Arabian students are viewed by Americans, but also how they perceive themselves, which ultimately impacts the ability of Saudi sojourners in the United States to successful learn and socialize within the host culture. Thus, this study is built on the premise that intrapersonal identity conflicts-those which arise from personal conflict resulting from cultural clashes and the need to find oneself from within the competing demands of cultures-are related to exposure to the competing culture (Erikson, 1950;Leong & Ward, 2000). Within this study, American culture is viewed as the culture that is competing with Saudi Arabian culture for Saudi students studying abroad.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To date, there have not been any studies focusing on the intercultural exposure of Saudi sojourners or that relate exposure to identity conflict. There is a call in the literature (c.f., Leong & Ward, 2000;Ward, Stuart, & Kus, 2011) to use direct measures, such as the EICS, to examine the intrapersonal identity conflict among the Saudi student sojourners in the United States.…”

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“…To assess this relationship, the researcher conducted a survey of Saudi Arabian students studying in the United States, which collected information on exposure variables, as well as employing Leong and Ward's (2000) Ethno-Cultural Identity Conflict Scale (EICS). A Pearson correlation test was conducted to examine the relationship between the Saudi sojourners' intercultural exposure and their identity conflict scores to conclude that there is not a relationship between exposure and identity conflict.…”

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Sojourner Culture Shock: Assessing the Role of Exposure in Intrapersonal Identity Conflict

Asfahani¹

2017

IJPS

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This research assesses the relationship between intercultural exposure variables-the length of time spent in the United States, the length of previous experience outside Saudi Arabia, the length of time studying English as a second language, and the frequency and nature of interactions with Americans-and intrapersonal identity conflict. To assess this relationship, the researcher conducted a survey of Saudi Arabian students studying in the United States, which collected information on exposure variables, as well as employing Leong and Ward's (2000) Ethno-Cultural Identity Conflict Scale (EICS). A Pearson correlation test was conducted to examine the relationship between the Saudi sojourners' intercultural exposure and their identity conflict scores to conclude that there is not a relationship between exposure and identity conflict.

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