The Relationship between Individual, Organizational and Non-Work Factors and Cross-Cultural Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Communication

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">This paper investigates the relationship between personality and job performance, and the mediating role of cross-cultural adjustment (CCA) in that relationship. Based on sample of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality predicts job performance, and both the interaction and work adjustment mediates the relationship. The findings of this study contributes to the body of knowledge in the cross-cultural management field as well as practical implication to expatriating firms especially in the area of selection of international candidates.</span></p>

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Describing Sound

The Oxford Handbook of Timbre ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190637224.013.14 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zachary Wallmark ◽

Roger A. Kendall

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural ◽

Cognitive Mechanisms ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Cognitive Linguistic ◽

Linguistic Approach ◽

The Relationship ◽

Empirical Thought ◽

Linguistic Account ◽

Human Embodiment

Timbre exists at the confluence of the physical and the perceptual, and due to inconsistencies between these frames, it is notoriously hard to describe. This chapter examines the relationship between timbre and language, offering a critical review of theoretical and empirical thought on timbre semantics and providing a preliminary cognitive linguistic account of timbre description. It first traces the major conceptual and methodological advances in psychological timbre research since the 1970s with a focus on the mediating role of verbalization in previous paradigms. It then discusses the cognitive mechanisms underlying how listeners map timbral qualities onto verbal attributes. Applying a cognitive linguistic approach, the chapter concludes that timbre description may reflect certain fundamental aspects of human embodiment, which may help account for certain trans-historical and cross-cultural consistencies in descriptive practices.

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The Influence of Emotional Intelligence and Cultural Adaptability on Cross-Cultural Adjustment and Performance with the Mediating Effect of Cross-Cultural Competence: A Study of Expatriates in Taiwan

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063374 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3374 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ying Kai Liao ◽

Wann-Yih Wu ◽

Tuan Cong Dao ◽

Thi-Minh Ngoc Luu

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Cultural Competence ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Cultural Adjustment ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Cultural Adaptability

This study examines the influence of antecedents on cross-cultural competence and cross-cultural adjustment as well as the mediating role of cross-cultural competence for the influence of cultural adaptability on cross-cultural adjustment and expatriate performance. The partial least squares structural equation modeling technique was adopted to analyze the data from a survey of 240 expatriates working in Taiwan. The results confirm the positive effect of emotional intelligence and cultural adaptability on cross-cultural competence and of emotional intelligence and cross-cultural competence on cross-cultural adjustment. Moreover, the findings reveal a highly valuable milestone insight into the role of cross-cultural competence regarding their competency to foster the indirect influence of cultural adaptability on cross-cultural adjustment and expatriate performance in culturally diverse settings. Given that previous research has rarely identified the mediating role of cross-cultural competence in improving cross-cultural adjustment and expatriate performance, these findings could be highly beneficial for academics to conduct further validation and professional human resource managers in recruiting and managing expatriates.

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A Cross-Cultural Study of the Mediating Role of Implicit Theories of Innovativeness in the Relationship Between Values and Attitudes Toward Innovation

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1177/0022022116656399 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 336-352 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Lusine K. Grigoryan ◽

Nadezhda Lebedeva ◽

Seger M. Breugelmans

Keyword(s):

Cultural Study ◽

Implicit Theories ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

North Caucasus ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Cross Cultural Study ◽

Schwartz Value Survey ◽

Two Samples ◽

The Relationship

This article presents a cross-cultural study on the mediating role of implicit theories of innovativeness in the relationship between basic values and specific attitudes toward innovation. Modernized samples (399 Russians from Moscow and Novokuznetsk) and more traditional samples (194 Chechens and Ingushs from North Caucasus and 200 Tuvins from the Tuva Republic) within the Russian Federation completed the Schwartz Value Survey (SVS), measures of attitudes toward innovation, and an Adjective Check List adapted for measuring implicit theories of innovativeness in the current samples. Main findings include (a) a split in individual and social aspects of implicit theories of innovativeness, (b) different mediation of the effects of Openness to Change and Conservation values, and (c) differences in mediation models between the two samples. Implications of these findings for cross-cultural studies on innovativeness are discussed.

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Coping Humor as a Mediator Between Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000185 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 155-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peizhen Sun ◽

Jennifer J. Chen ◽

Hongyan Jiang

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Future Research ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Regulation Of Emotion ◽

The Relationship ◽

Overall Job Satisfaction

Abstract. This study investigated the mediating role of coping humor in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and job satisfaction. Participants were 398 primary school teachers in China, who completed the Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Coping Humor Scale, and Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that coping humor was a significant mediator between EI and job satisfaction. A further examination revealed, however, that coping humor only mediated two sub-dimensions of EI (use of emotion and regulation of emotion) and job satisfaction. Implications for future research and limitations of the study are discussed.

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