scholarly journals “Who can I blame and what can I do?”: making sense of psychological contract evaluations between Belgian and Chinese employees

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiahong Du ◽  
Tim Vantilborgh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Critical Incidents ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Behavioral Reactions ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Sensemaking Process ◽  
Cultural Comparisons

AbstractThis study explores cultural differences in the sensemaking process of employees following psychological contract evaluations. Data from 20 Belgian and 21 Chinese employees were collected using qualitative methods. An analysis of 94 critical incidents relayed by the employees reveals the attributional, emotional, and behavioral reactions that are triggered by psychological contract under-, exact-, and over-fulfillment. Our findings suggest that supervisors were seen as directly responsible for most of the employees’ psychological contract evaluations. Emotional responses are more complex in the process of attributing responsibility. Behavioral actions are subsequently used to deal with three types of psychological contract evaluations. A number of subtle differences are found between the Belgian and Chinese employees. The results highlight the unfolding and dynamic nature of the psychological contract in cultural comparisons.

scholarly journals The Emotional Nature of Birth Family Relationships for Care-experienced and Adopted Young People: A Longitudinal Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2097843
Author(s):  
Montserrat Fargas-Malet ◽  
Dominic McSherry
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Adoption Research ◽  
Mixed Feelings ◽  
Birth Family ◽  
Theory Research

Research focused on relationships and contact with birth family for children and young people who were separated from them as infants has rarely acknowledged the emotional and dynamic nature of such interactions. Curiosity has been dominant in adoption research. However, in our longitudinal study of young people who entered care at a young age, a range of other feelings and combination of feelings emerged in the youths’ narratives, including contentment and mixed feelings such as anger, affection, loss, guilt, or worry. Type of placement, that is, whether the young people had been adopted, lived with kinship foster carers or non-relative foster parents, did not determine their emotional reactions to their birth family. The young people’s perspectives and emotions often changed over time. In this article, we describe the young people’s emotional responses to birth family, and highlight implications for theory, research, and practice.

scholarly journals The construction of leadership practice: Making sense of leader competencies

Leadership ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 174271502199649
Author(s):  
Dag Jansson ◽  
Erik Døving ◽  
Beate Elstad
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Choral Conductors ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Sensemaking Process ◽  
The Face ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Selection Of

The notion of leadership competencies is a much-debated issue. In this article, we propose that how the leader makes sense of his or her competencies is key to leadership practice. Specifically, we look at how leaders reconcile discrepancies between the self-perceived proficiency of various competencies and their corresponding importance. Empirically, we study leaders within the music domain – how choral conductors make sense of their competencies in the shaping of their professional practice. We investigated how choral leaders in Scandinavia ( N = 638) made sense of their competencies in the face of demands in their working situations. A mixed methodology was used, comprising a quantitative survey with qualitative comments and in-depth interviews with a selection of the respondents. The results show that when choral leaders shape their practice, they frequently face competency gaps that compel them to act or adjust their identity. The key to this sensemaking process is how they move competency elements they master to the foreground and wanting elements to the background. The concept of ‘sensemaking affordance’ is introduced to account for how various leader competency categories are negotiated to safeguard overall efficacy.

scholarly journals Career-decision making of university students: cross-cultural comparisons between Mongolia and Japan

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
Dulguun Damdin ◽  
Toshiyuki Yamashita ◽  
Masami Ishihara
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
University Students ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Cultural Comparisons ◽  
University Performance

The purpose of this study was to examine and compare Mongolians (118 men and 252 women) and Japanese (158 men and 201 women) university students’ awareness related to their occupation and their motivations for entering university. The survey focused on the vocational motives, university performance/experiences, and motivations for entering university. The analyses showed that although Mongolian and Japanese students have similar occupational views, there are some cultural differences that can be mainly identified with the recent historic developments and social changes both the nations experienced (e.g socialistic era in Mongolia).

Cultural Neuroscience of Compassion and Empathy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Y. Chiao
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Social Cooperation ◽  
Cultural Neuroscience ◽  
Gene Environment ◽  
Human Ability

“Compassion” and “empathy” refer to adaptive emotional responses to suffering in oneself and others that recruit affective and cognitive processes. The human ability to understand the emotional experience of others is fundamental to social cooperation, including altruism. While much of the scientific study of compassion and empathy suggests that genes contribute to empathy and compassion, recent empirical advances suggest gene–environment interactions, as well as cultural differences in development, influence the experience, expression, and regulation of empathy and compassion. The goal of this chapter is to review recent theoretical and empirical advances in the cultural neuroscience of empathy and compassion. Implications of the cultural neuroscientific study of empathy and compassion for public policy and population health disparities will be discussed.

scholarly journals INCLUSIVISM AND EXCLUSIVISM AS WELL AS THEIR EFFECT ON ISLAMIC EDUCATION BASED MULTICULTURAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-29
Author(s):  
Dhikrul Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Library Research

Abstract. The majority of Indonesia's population embraces Islam, there are some of other religions and beliefs that are also recognized and adhered to by residents in this country, Christians, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists and Confucians. Indonesian society is a society with a very complex level of diversity, the diversity is known as a multicultural society. This implies that without media in the form of education, plural theology will be difficult to develop in Indonesia. With education, we can have strong basics in understanding differences because essentially education is a process of "an effort to humanize humans". This method of scientific work uses qualitative methods with a library research approach. The results of this scientific work are, Religious education based multicultural that is a process of awareness based on tolerance which is intended as a comprehensive effort to prevent conflicts between religions, prevent religious radicalism, while at the same time foster the realization of positive appreciative attitudes towards plurality, inclusivism in dimensions and any perspective does not promote exclusivism. Religion should be able to be a promoter for humanity to always uphold the peace and improve the welfare of all human beings on this earth. Unfortunately, in real life, religion is often been one of the causes of humanity's violence and destruction. Thus, the fulcrum of religious education based multicultural inclusivism actually lies in the understanding and the effort to live together in the context of religious and cultural differences.

scholarly journals FENOMENA TAWURAN ANTAR WARGA

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-231
Author(s):  
Sujarwo ◽  
Annisa Solikha
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Property Relationship ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Life Values

This reseach aims to learn how to deal with conflicts between citizens as social conflicts, and changes that result, and efforts to overcome conflicts between citizens. The reseach was conducted in Kramat Pulo Gundul, Johar Baru, Central Jakarta. This reseach uses qualitative methods to obtain more in-depth data by asking research informants. Techniques for collecting data through involved observation, interviews, use of documents, registration techniques, and field notes. The results of the study concluded, the causes of brawl between residents in Kramat Pulo Gundul were different goals, individual personalities, cultural and defense conflicts, and cultural differences. Fights between residents that occurred in RW 010 Kramat Pulo Gundul, Tanah Tinggi, Johar Baru, Jakarta Damage to public facilities and property, Relationship damage and communication between parties involved in conflict, Negative attitudes and protections, Physical and psychological health, Difficulties looking for work, and lowering the price of houses and land. However, there is a need to worry about reducing the sense of respect and return, peace and life values for each individual.

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