Discrimination and externalizing problems among Moroccan- and Romanian-origin early adolescents in Italy: Moderating role of cultural orientations and impulse control.

The current study aimed to investigate whether the expected association between parent–child cultural orientation gaps and externalizing problems was moderated by impulse control (IC) among Chinese early adolescents in immigrant families. Ninety-one first- and second-generation Chinese immigrant youths (58% girls) aged between 11 and 13 years and their parents completed independent measures of mainstream and heritage cultural orientations. IC was evaluated via a computerized version of the Iowa Gambling Task, while externalizing problems were assessed via parental report. Regression analyses indicated that low levels of IC represented a risk factor for externalizing adjustment among early adolescents who were less oriented toward the mainstream culture than their parents. In addition, high levels of IC were protective for early adolescents who were less oriented toward their heritage culture than their parents. The findings suggest that IC plays an important role in Chinese early adolescents’ behavioral adjustment. Implications of the results are discussed.

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Attribution of success and failure in intercultural service encounters: the moderating role of personal cultural orientations

Journal of Services Marketing ◽

10.1108/jsm-01-2015-0010 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 30 (6) ◽

pp. 643-658 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Jackie L.M. Tam ◽

Piyush Sharma ◽

Namwoon Kim

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Critical Incident ◽

Future Research ◽

Service Encounters ◽

Service Firms ◽

Content Type ◽

Delivery Outcome ◽

Cultural Orientations ◽

Moderating Role

Purpose This paper aims to examine the role that personal cultural orientations play in customer attributions in intercultural service encounters. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model was developed depicting the relationships between service delivery outcome, personal cultural orientations and customer attributions. Data were collected from 640 Chinese and Western customers using scenario-based experiments in a restaurant context to assess the hypothesized relationships in the model. Findings The findings show that compared to service delivery success, customers tend to hold service employee and firm responsible for service delivery failure rather than themselves and cultural differences. Moreover, personal cultural orientations partially moderated the influence of the service delivery outcome on customer attributions. Research limitations/implications Future research could adopt different methodologies such as critical incident techniques and surveys to replicate the study. Practical implications Service firms are recommended to design programs to influence customer attributions such as “customer education programs” and “customer appreciation programs” to achieve high customer satisfaction. Originality/value This study examines the differences in customer attributions between successful vs unsuccessful service delivery. It also sheds light on the potential moderating role of personal cultural orientations on the relationship between service delivery outcome and customer attributions.

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An assessment of the moderating role of employees’ cultural orientations amongst foreign manufacturing multinational companies in Kenya

SA Journal of Human Resource Management ◽

10.4102/sajhrm.v11i1.453 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Beatrice A. Dimba ◽

Robert Rugimbana

Keyword(s):

Firm Performance ◽

Power Distance ◽

Multinational Companies ◽

Uncertainty Avoidance ◽

Cultural Dimensions ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Cultural Orientations ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

Orientation: This article investigates the question, of whether culture really matters in implementing international strategic human resource management (SHRM) practices.Research purpose: Specifically, this study sought to investigate the extent to which employee cultural orientations moderate the link between SHRM practices and firm performance in large foreign manufacturing multinational companies in Kenya. Motivation for the study: Large foreign multinational companies have generally applied SHRM practices without adaptation when trying to improve employee performance even though resource based perspectives argue for the consideration of employees’ cultural orientations. Research design, approach and method: SHRM practices were conceptualised as independent variables measured through distinct practices. Organisational performance as a dependent variable was measured using constructs of image, interpersonal relations, and product quality. Cultural dimensions adopted for this study were power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism or collectivism, and masculinity or femininity. The above conceptual framework was tested by the use of both quantitative and qualitative techniques with data from fifty (50) large foreign multinational companies operating in Kenya. Main findings: Findings indicated that the relationship between SHRM practices and firm performance depend to a greater extent on employee cultural orientations when power distance is considered. Power distance (PD) refers to the extent of people accepting that power in institutions and organisations when distributed unequally. The greater the PD, the greater the acceptance of this inequality. Practical/managerial implications: The study supported the notion that the relationship between SHRM practices and firm performance is moderated by power distance through motivation but not by the other three bipolar dimensions namely, Uncertainty Avoidance, Masculinity or Femininity and Individualism or Collectivism. Contribution/value-add: This is the first large-scale empirical article that has focused on the moderating role of employees’ cultural orientations in large foreign manufacturing companies operating in Kenya.

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The moderating role of externalizing problems on the association between anxiety and the error‐related negativity in youth

Developmental Psychobiology ◽

10.1002/dev.22023 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer H. Suor ◽

Maria Granros ◽

Autumn Kujawa ◽

Kate D. Fitzgerald ◽

Christopher S. Monk ◽

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Keyword(s):

Externalizing Problems ◽

Error Related Negativity ◽

Moderating Role

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Intra-familial Violence and Peer Aggression Among Early Adolescents: Moderating Role of School Sense of Belonging

Journal of Family Violence ◽

10.1007/s10896-020-00142-8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 87-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alberto Valido ◽

Katherine Ingram ◽

Dorothy L. Espelage ◽

Cagil Torgal ◽

Gabriel J. Merrin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Early Adolescents ◽

Peer Aggression ◽

Moderating Role

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Sensation Seeking and Gambling Behavior in Adolescence: Can Externalizing Problems Moderate this Relationship?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17238986 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (23) ◽

pp. 8986

Author(s):

Franca Tani ◽

Lucia Ponti ◽

Simon Ghinassi

Keyword(s):

Externalizing Problems ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Gambling Behavior ◽

Adolescent Gambling ◽

Gambling Behaviors ◽

Widespread Phenomenon ◽

Gambling Severity ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

Gambling is a widespread phenomenon during adolescence. Among different risk factors involved in the onset of adolescent gambling behaviors, one factor that is studied is the sensation seeking personality trait. However, the literature is heterogeneous and a direct relationship between sensation seeking and gaming behaviors has not always been highlighted. This suggests that the relationship can be influenced by other factors. In particular, we explored the moderating role of externalizing problems in this relationship. A total of 363 adolescents (232 males and 131 females) aged 14 to 20 (M = 16.35, SD = 1.36) completed a battery of questionnaires aimed to assess their gambling behaviors, as well as the levels of externalizing problems and sensation seeking. The results showed that sensation seeking was associated with gambling severity, but this relationship was significant when externalizing problems were high and medium. On the contrary, when externalizing problems were low, the relationship between sensation seeking and gambling severity was not significant. Overall, sensation seeking in adolescence can favor the implementation of risk behaviors, such as gambling, but only in association with the presence of externalizing problems. Limitations, strengths, and social and clinical implications of the present study are discussed.

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