JOB SATISFACTION: SOME CROSS-CULTURAL EFFECTS

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To adapt and validate the Team Climate Inventory scale, of teamwork climate measurement, for the Portuguese language, in the context of primary health care in Brazil. METHODS Methodological study with quantitative approach of cross-cultural adaptation (translation, back-translation, synthesis, expert committee, and pretest) and validation with 497 employees from 72 teams of the Family Health Strategy in the city of Campinas, SP, Southeastern Brazil. We verified reliability by the Cronbach’s alpha, construct validity by the confirmatory factor analysis with SmartPLS software, and correlation by the job satisfaction scale. RESULTS We problematized the overlap of items 9, 11, and 12 of the “participation in the team” factor and the “team goals” factor regarding its definition. The validation showed no overlapping of items and the reliability ranged from 0.92 to 0.93. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated suitability of the proposed model with distribution of the 38 items in the four factors. The correlation between teamwork climate and job satisfaction was significant. CONCLUSIONS The version of the scale in Brazilian Portuguese was validated and can be used in the context of primary health care in the Country, constituting an adequate tool for the assessment and diagnosis of teamwork.

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Cross-cultural effects on graphical password memorability and design

Journal of Systems and Information Technology ◽

10.1108/jsit-06-2020-0105 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Mona Mohamed ◽

Tobin Porterfield ◽

Joyram Chakraborty

Keyword(s):

Visual Memory ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽

Content Type ◽

Graphical Password ◽

Cultural Images ◽

Cultural Considerations ◽

Cultural Effects ◽

Different Cultures ◽

The Impact

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of cultural familiarity with images on the memorability of recognition-based graphical password (RBG-P). Design/methodology/approach The researchers used a between-group design with two groups of 50 participants from China and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using a webtool and two questionnaires to test two hypotheses in a four-week long study. Findings The results showed that culture has significant effects on RBG-P memorability, including both recognition and recall of images. It was also found that the login success rate depreciated quickly as time progressed, which indicates the memory decay and its effects on the visual memory. Research limitations/implications Collectively, these results can be used to design universal RBG-Ps with maximal password deflection points. For better cross-cultural designs, designers must allow users from different cultures to personalize their image selections based on their own cultures. Practical implications The RBG-P interfaces developed without consideration for users’ cultures may lead to the construction of passwords that are difficult to memorize and easy to attack. Thus, the incorporation of cultural images is indispensable for improving the authentication posture. Social implications The development of RBG-P with cultural considerations will make it easy for the user population to remember the password and make it more expensive for the intruder to attack. Originality/value This study provides an insight for RBG-P developers to produce a graphical password platform that increases the memorability factor.

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Cross-cultural effects of COVID-19 on higher education learning and teaching practice: A case study from Greece

Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice ◽

10.53761/1.18.5.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (5) ◽

pp. 73-89

Author(s):

Margarita Kefalaki ◽

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Michael Nevradakis ◽

Qing Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Teaching Practice ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Education Students ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

Cultural Effects ◽

Global Pandemic

COVID-19 has greatly impacted all aspects of our everyday lives. A global pandemic of this magnitude, even as we now emerge from strict measures such as lockdowns and await the potential for a ‘new tomorrow’ with the arrival of vaccines, will certainly have long-lasting consequences. We will have to adapt and learn to live in a different way. Accordingly, teaching and learning have also been greatly impacted. Changes to academic curricula have had tremendous cross-cultural effects on higher education students. This study will investigate, by way of focus groups comprised of students studying at Greek universities during the pandemic, the cross-cultural effects that this ‘global experience’ has had on higher education, and particularly on students in Greek universities. The data collection tools are interviews and observations gathered from focus groups.

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An organizational learning approach to expatriate cross-cultural adjustment, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction

10.25148/etd.fi151012222 ◽

1997 ◽

Author(s):

Meredith Downes

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Organizational Learning ◽

Cultural Adjustment ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Learning Approach

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Motivation

Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1093/oso/9780199343805.003.0014 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 539-576

Author(s):

Robyn M. Holmes

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Case Studies ◽

Educational Outcomes ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Family Values ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Learning Achievement ◽

Expectancy Value ◽

Key Terms

Chapter 14 explores the ways culture shapes our thoughts and actions regarding motivation and achievement. It discusses motivation models including humanistic, learning, achievement, expectancy value, cognitive, and social cognitive approaches. It addresses the application of motivation models to everyday interactions and contexts, including school, the workplace, and job satisfaction. It also examines incentives and culture, factors impacting motivation in the classroom, extrinsic and intrinsic incentives, and motivation and stereotypical threat. Finally, it discusses the connection between achievement and culture, family values and educational outcomes, and presents indigenous, cross-cultural, and case studies on achievement. This chapter includes a case study, Culture Across Disciplines box, chapter summary, key terms, a What Do Other Disciplines Do? section, thought-provoking questions, and class and experiential activities.

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Job Satisfaction: A Cross-Cultural Review

Handbook of Industrial, Work & Organizational Psychology - Volume 2: Organizational Psychology ◽

10.4135/9781848608368.n3 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 25-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Timothy A. Judge ◽

Sharon Parker ◽

Amy E. Colbert ◽

Daniel Heller ◽

Remus ILIES

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Cross Cultural

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Organizational Dehumanization and Emotional Labor: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Vietnam and the United Kingdom

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1177/0022022120972183 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 43-60

Author(s):

Nathan Nguyen ◽

Quoc Anh Dao ◽

Thi Lac An Nhan ◽

Florence Stinglhamber

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Emotional Labor ◽

Turnover Intentions ◽

Power Distance ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Surface Acting ◽

Work Related ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Labor Literature

This study examined cross-cultural differences in the relationships between organizational dehumanization and both job satisfaction and turnover intentions through emotional labor (i.e., surface acting). In particular, we expected that power distance, that is, a critical value usually discussed as part of the national culture, would mitigate the deleterious effects of both organizational dehumanization and surface acting on job satisfaction and turnover intentions. Data were collected from employees in two countries that differ in power distance, namely Vietnam ( N = 235) and the United Kingdom ( N = 334). First, we found that perceptions to be dehumanized by one’s organization were indirectly related to poor job satisfaction and more turnover intentions through surface acting, regardless of the country. Second, our results showed that the deleterious effects of both organizational dehumanization and surface acting on work-related outcomes were weaker in Vietnam (a high power distance country) than in the United Kingdom (a low power distance country). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed from the perspective of organizational dehumanization and emotional labor literature.

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