Job complexity, job strains, and self-efficacy in cross-cultural settings

Leadership style impacts on the manner and frequency of feedback transmission. However, communication challenges between superiors and subordinates originate from cultural differences, which undermine the usefulness of feedback. The study tested leadership style’s effect on self-efficacy through a moderated mediation approach, examined through the lens of the cross-cultural adaptation theory. Path analysis conducted on data from 281 foreign teachers in Chengdu, China, revealed that there is a positive effect of Chinese supervisors’ leadership styles on foreign teacher’s self-efficacy. Leadership style similarly has an influence on the nature of feedback. And the nature of feedback in turn mediates leadership style and self-efficacy. We establish in particular that transactional and transformational leadership styles, through the nature of feedback, influence self-efficacy of foreign teachers. Moreover, the association between the nature of feedback and self-efficacy is moderated by the perceived value of feedback. Employees’ perceptions are also found to be crucial in determining the value of feedback. It is thus imperative for supervisors and managers working with foreigners as subordinates to figure out when and how to provide valuable feedback. We conclude with suggested areas for further research.

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Family Matters: Cross-Cultural Differences in Familism and Caregiving Outcomes

The Journals of Gerontology Series B ◽

10.1093/geronb/gbab160 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Francesca Falzarano ◽

Jerad Moxley ◽

Karl Pillemer ◽

Sara J Czaja

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

African Americans ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Subsequent Increase ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

Positive Caregiving ◽

Caregiver Network ◽

And Coping

Abstract Objectives The increasing number of minority older adults, and the subsequent increase in family members providing care to these individuals, highlights the need to understand how cultural values contribute to differential caregiving outcomes. Using the sociocultural stress and coping model as a guiding framework, the current study examined cross-cultural relationships among familism, social support, self-efficacy, and caregiving outcomes, and examines how these relationships vary as a function of caregiver background characteristics. Method Baseline data were collected from 243 participants in the Caring for the Caregiver Network randomized controlled intervention trial. Participants completed measures assessing familism, social support, self-efficacy, positive aspects of caregiving, depression, and burden. Results African American and Hispanic participants exhibited higher levels of familism compared to Whites. Compared to White participants, African Americans’ endorsement of familism predicted more positive caregiving appraisals. African Americans also reported greater levels of social support, which in turn, predicted lower burden and depressive symptoms as compared to Whites. Exploratory analyses demonstrated significant associations between familism and self-efficacy. In the Hispanic subgroup, familism varied as a function of acculturation. Discussion Results indicate that greater levels of familism and social support may exert a protective influence against adverse psychosocial caregiving outcomes. These findings can be used to inform intervention efforts targeting culturally congruent, family-centered approaches.

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Multicultural Classrooms: Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy among A Sample of Canadian Preservice Teachers

Education and Urban Society ◽

10.1177/00131245211062526 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 001312452110625

Author(s):

Saghar Chahar Mahali ◽

Phillip R. Sevigny

Keyword(s):

Preservice Teachers ◽

Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Cultural Awareness ◽

Culturally Responsive ◽

Political Orientation ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Burnout Syndrome ◽

Responsive Teaching ◽

Cultural Experiences

Many teachers enter classrooms with limited cross-cultural awareness and low levels of confidence to accommodate cultural diversity. Therefore, teaching a heterogeneous body of students requires teachers to have culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy (CRTSE). The investigation of factors impacting teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching diverse students has produced mixed results. The purpose of the current study was to explore the determinants of CRTSE in a sample of Canadian preservice teachers. One hundred and ten preservice teachers from a medium-sized public Canadian University completed measures of political orientation, CRTSE, cross-cultural experiences, and teacher burnout. Higher levels of preservice teachers’ CRTSE were predicted by lower levels of Emotional Exhaustion (i.e., a key aspect of burnout syndrome) and more frequent cross-cultural experiences in their childhood and adolescence. Implications for training preservice teachers are discussed.

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Entrepreneurial Socialization and Psychological Capital: Cross-Cultural and Multigroup Analyses of Impact of Mentoring, Optimism, and Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intentions

Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy ◽

10.1177/2515127418818054 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 5-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Martin M. Baluku ◽

Leonsio Matagi ◽

Khamisi Musanje ◽

Julius Fred Kikooma ◽

Kathleen Otto

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Employment Status ◽

Psychological Capital ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Mediation Model ◽

East African ◽

Country Differences ◽

The Relationship ◽

African Sample

This study demonstrates that psychological capital is essential in the process of developing and strengthening entrepreneurial intentions. We specifically investigate the mediating roles of optimism and self-efficacy facets of psychological capital in the relationship between entrepreneurial mentoring and intentions. The study was conducted among 1,272 young persons from Germany and East Africa (Uganda and Kenya). These included 784 final year university students and 488 wage employed. A multigroup analysis was applied to test for the effects of employment status and country differences. Results indicate that mentoring, optimism, and self-efficacy are positively correlated with entrepreneurial intentions. Findings also supported the hypothesized-mediated mediation model that mentoring impacts on entrepreneurial intentions through optimism and self-efficacy. The association of entrepreneurial mentoring on intentions was higher among the Germany participants than in the East African sample as well as among the students compared with employed individuals. Practical and theoretical implications of our findings are discussed.

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Brazilian cross-cultural adaptation of “Return-to-work self-efficacy” questionnaire

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s1518-8787.2017051006778 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (0) ◽

Author(s):

João Silvestre Silva Junior ◽

Rosane Härter Griep ◽

Suzanne E Lagerveld ◽

Frida Marina Fischer

Keyword(s):

Return To Work ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation

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Cross-cultural training, expatriate self-efficacy, and adjustments to overseas assignments: An empirical investigation of managers in Asia

International Journal of Intercultural Relations ◽

10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.02.003 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 277-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

AAhad M. Osman-Gani ◽

Thomas Rockstuhl

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cultural Training ◽

Cross Cultural Training

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Motivational Determinants of Physical Activity in Disadvantaged Populations with (Pre)Diabetes: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

10.21203/rs.3.rs-613852/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jeroen De Man ◽

Francis Xavier Kasujja ◽

Peter Delobelle ◽

Kristi Sidney Annerstedt ◽

Helle Mölsted Alvesson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Social Support ◽

South Africa ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Process Model ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Motivational Process ◽

Identified Regulation

Abstract BackgroundUnderstanding motivational determinants of physical activity (PA) is essential to guide the implementation of PA at individual and population level. Knowledge about the cross-cultural generalizability of these determinants is lacking and they have mostly been studied as separate factors. This study compares a motivational process model across samples from diverse populations with, or at risk of diabetes. MethodsMeasurement invariance of barrier identified regulation, barrier self-efficacy and social support was assessed in a rural Ugandan sample (n=712) and disadvantaged samples with high proportions of immigrants in urban South Africa (n=566) and Sweden (n=147). These motivational determinants were then compared through multigroup structural equation modeling.ResultsThe studied motivational constructs showed scalar invariance. Latent mean levels of perceived social support and barrier self-efficacy were lower in South Africa and Sweden. Structural models (for different PA outcomes) were not consistent across settings except for the association between perceived social support and identified regulation. Identified regulation was only associated with vigorous PA in Uganda and with moderate PA in South Africa. The association between social support and PA outcomes ranged from weak to not significant and the association between self-efficacy and PA was not significant. Self-reported PA was highest in Uganda and lowest in Sweden. Self-reported vigorous PA was significantly related to lower hemoglobin A1c levels, while moderate PA was not.ConclusionsFindings suggest that: 1) it is feasible to compare a motivational process model across diverse settings; 2) there is lower perceived social support and self-efficacy in the urban, migrant samples; 3) identified regulation is a more promising determinant of PA than self-efficacy or social support in these populations; 4) associations between motivational determinants and PA depend on the perceived type and/or intensity of PA; 5) perceived relatedness functions as a basic psychological need across diverse settings; and 6) people’s perception of the PA they perform depends on their perceived level of intensity of PA which would have major implications for health promotion.

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