Intercultural Relations in Asia : Migration and Work Effectiveness.
Title:
Intercultural Relations in Asia : Migration and Work Effectiveness.
Author:
Leong, Chan-Hoong.
ISBN:
9789812837875
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (297 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Section I. Intercultural Relations and Social Integration -- 1. Acculturation and Social Cohesion: Emerging Issues for Asian Immigrants in New Zealand Colleen Ward -- ABSTRACT -- SOCIAL COHESION AND RECOGNITION -- SOCIAL COHESION AND BELONGING -- BELONGINGNESS AND RECOGNITION: ACCULTURATION ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- 2. Migrating Talent: Subsequent Mobility of Recent Asian Immigrants to and From New Zealand Elsie Ho -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- A Methodological Note -- Time Spent Outside New Zealand Since Arrival -- Number of Spells Absent from New Zealand -- Emerging Profiles -- Highly mobile and higher absence -- Highly mobile and lower absence -- Low mobility and moderate absence -- Low/moderate mobility and low absence -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 3. Immigration and Integration: The Canadian Experience John W. Berry -- ABSTRACT -- GLOBALIZATION -- THE MULTICULTURAL VISION -- INTERCULTURAL STRATEGIES IN PLURAL SOCIETIES -- ACCULTURATION AND ADAPTATION -- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section II. Cultural Competency in the Workplace and the Social Environment -- 4. Preparing Managers for Intercultural Leadership: Application of an Economy-Based Theoretical Framework Dharm P.S. Bhawuk, Vijayan P. Munusamy and Keith H. Sakuda -- ABSTRACT -- ECONOMY-BASED THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- INDIVIDUAL LEVEL -- ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL -- ECONOMY-BASED CRITICAL INCIDENTS -- INDIVIDUAL LEVEL -- Critical Incident 1: Motivating Employees Abroad -- Theoretical Explanation for Critical Incident 1: Intrinsic Motivation -- Critical Incident 2: Choosing Third-Party Advisors -- Theoretical Explanation for Critical Incident 2: Acceptance of Foreign Management -- ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL.
Critical Incident 3: Preference for Economies of Scale -- Theoretical Explanation for Critical Incident 3: Conglomeratization vs Decentralization -- Critical Incident 4: Competition from Low-Cost Challengers -- Theoretical Explanation for Critical Incident 4: Operational Efficiency of Product Differentiation -- Critical Incident 5: Freedom to Change -- Theoretical Explanation for Critical Incident 5: Effecting Organizational Change -- NATIONAL LEVEL -- Critical Incident 6: Choice of Strategy -- Theoretical Explanation for Critical Incident 6: Comparative Advantages -- Critical Incident 7: Role of Government in Business Operations -- Theoretical Explanation for Critical Incident 7: Government Protection and Intervention -- Critical Incident 8: The Role of Women -- Theoretical Explanation for Critical Incident 8: Corporate Responsibilities and Roles in Society -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. Work in Cultural Translation: Workplace Encounters in Taiwanese Firms with Western Migrant Employees Rueyling Tzeng -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HIRING WESTERNERS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES -- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY -- CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS IN MARKETING DEPARTMENTS -- CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS IN MANAGEMENT -- A Western sales representative made the following observation: -- WESTERN PROFESSIONALS' REACTIONS -- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- 6. Sociocultural Competence for Career Success and Social Integration: The Case of Asians in Australia Anita S. Mak -- ABSTRACT -- SOCIOCULTURAL COMPETENCE FOR CAREER SUCCESS AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION: THE CASE OF ASIANS IN AUSTRALIA -- POPULATION FLOW OF ASIANS INTO AUSTRALIA -- Increased Presence of Asians in the Australian Population -- Emigration of Asian-Born Australians -- Issues in Retaining and Utilizing the Skills of Asian Migrating Talent.
Career Relocation Experiences and Intention for Permanent Settlement -- Distress During National Debates on Asian Immigration -- Migrant Students' Intercultural Social Self-Efficacy -- Asian Immigrants' Job Search Confidence -- International Students' Mental Health -- Optimizing Conditions for Developing Sociocultural Competencies -- Group Procedures for Teaching a Sociocultural Competency -- Applications of EXCELLTM in International Education -- Developing Social Competencies in Multicultural Classes -- Evaluation of EXCELLTM with Control Groups -- Applications in Immigrants' Job Training and Social Integration -- Sociocultural Competencies as Part of Immigrant Employment Training -- Cultural Mapping for Immigrant Participation in Groups -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE EXCELL PROGRAM -- 7. "Show Me the Money!" Construct and Predictive Validation of the Intercultural Business Corruptibility Scale (IBCS) Chan-Hoong Leong and Weirong Lin -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CULTURAL-LEVEL DIFFERENCES: RELATIONSHIP ORIENTATION -- INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL DIFFERENCES: CORRUPTION AS "PERSON-ENVIRONMENT FIT" -- OBJECTIVES OF CURRENT RESEARCH -- Study 1 -- Study 2 -- Study 3 -- GENERAL DISCUSSION -- IBCS AS CULTURE-SPECIFIC MEASURE OF INTERCULTURAL EFFECTIVENESS -- SUMMARY AND LIMITATIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1: PERCEPTION OF BUSINESS RELATIONS -- Section III. Sociocultural Effectiveness and Emotional Adaptation -- 8. A Study in Cross-cultural Adjustment: The American Community in India Kiveli Kazila Filmeridis -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY -- PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER -- Assumptions -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Social Interaction -- Personality -- Behavioral and Social Skills -- General Critique -- Studies of Western Sojourners in India -- METHODS AND PROCEDURES -- The Participants -- Data Analysis.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Conflicts and Dilemmas -- What is Adjustment? -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- LIMITATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 9. Expectations and Real Life: Cross-cultural Adaptation of Chinese Students in China and the Netherlands Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven, Jianhua Long and Wenhua Yan -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Respondents -- Study 1 -- Study 2 -- GENERAL DISCUSSION -- Influence on Academic Performance -- Influence on Imagined or Actual Experienced Difficulties -- Having International Friends -- Social Support of Chinese Students Abroad -- Well-being of Chinese Students Abroad -- REFERENCES -- Section IV. Understanding Asian Migration in Asia -- 10. The Influence of Adult Attachment Styles on Urban Residents' Attitudes Toward Acculturation Strategies of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China Huadong Yang, Lili Tian and Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF THE RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION IN CHINA -- PERCEPTION OF FOUR TYPES OF ACCULTURATION STRATEGIES -- INFLUENCE OF ATTACHMENT STYLES ON ACCULTURATION ATTITUDES -- METHOD -- Participants -- Procedure -- Measures -- Attitudes Toward the Acculturation Strategies -- RESULTS -- Descriptive Analysis -- Hypothesis Test -- DISCUSSION -- Applying Adult Attachment Styles to Migration Research -- Adult Attachment Styles Versus Demographic Variables -- Limitations -- Practical Implications -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- Index.
Abstract:
This book showcases some of the key thematic issues reported by Asian migrants and sojourners residing abroad, as well as non-Asians living in the Far East. The diverse range and scope of the papers demonstrate the interdisciplinary, convoluted and intertwined perspectives in human transnational movement. The book comprises four thematic sections, in Intercultural Relations and Social Integration, cross-national interactions and the notion of rootedness and nation state among individuals and their families form the nexus of discussion. On Cultural Competency in Workplace and Social Environment, the individuals and their performance in the social and corporate spheres take center stage. On one hand, both Asians and non-Asians share similar challenges across cultures, but on the other, they each reported different social and workplace dynamics as a consequence of their ethnic cultural background. In Sociocultural Effectiveness and Emotional Adaptation, the focus gravitates toward socio-emotional adjustment of Asian and Western sojourners in cultures opposite their own. In order to appreciate the cultural and emotive dimensions, discursive examination and comparative analysis across geographic locations are needed. The last thematic category in Understanding Asian Migration in Asia, a ubiquitous challenge in Asian societies will be presented - the rural-urban labor migration movement in China. Sample Chapter(s). Foreword (46 KB). Chapter 1: Acculturation and Social Cohesion: Emerging Issues for Asian Immigrants in New Zealand (138 KB). Contents: Intercultural Relations and Social Integration: Acculturation and Social Cohesion: Emerging Issues for Asian Immigrants in New Zealand (C Ward); Migrating Talent: Subsequent Mobility of Recent Asian Immigrants to and From New Zealand (E Ho); Immigration and Integration: The Canadian Experience (J W Berry);
Cultural Competency in the Workplace and the Social Environment: Preparing Managers for Intercultural Leadership: Application of an Economy-Based Theoretical Framework (D P S Bhawuk et al.); Work in Cultural Translation: Workplace Encounters in Taiwanese Firms with Western Migrant Employees (R-L Tzeng); Sociocultural Competence for Career Success and Social Integration: The Case of Asians in Australia (A S Mak); "Show Me the Money!" Construct and Predictive Validation of the Intercultural Business Corruptibility Scale (IBCS) (C-H Leong & W-R Lin); Sociocultural Effectiveness and Emotional Adaptation: A Study in Cross-cultural Adjustment: The American Community in India (K K Filmeridis); Expectations and Real Life Cross-cultural Adaptation of Chinese Students in China and the Netherlands (J P van Oudenhoven et al.); Understanding Asian Migration in Asia: The Influence of Adult Attachment Styles on Urban Residents' Attitudes Towards Acculturation Strategies of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China (H-D Yang et al.). Readership: Undergraduates and graduate students in psychology, demography, and Asian studies.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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