Cultural identity change in expatriates: A social network perspective

Mao, Jina; Shen, Yan

doi:10.1177/0018726714561699

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“…Culturally diverse professional and social networks furthermore enable the process of cosmopolitan identity formation (Colic-Peisker, 2010;Mao and Shen, 2015). Beaverstock …”

Section: Conditions and Social Sites Of Practiced Cosmopolitanismmentioning

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Imagining ‘non-nationality’: Cosmopolitanism as a source of identity and belonging

Skovgaard-Smith

Poulfelt

2017

Human Relations

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Current literature tends to see cosmopolitan identity formation as an individual endeavour of developing a stance of openness, and transcending discourses of national and other cultural identities. This article challenges the essentialism inherent in this model by proposing a different framing of cosmopolitan identity formation that shifts the focus to how people collectively mobilize cosmopolitanism as a resource for cultural identity construction. The article is based on an anthropological study of transnational professionals who are part of a diverse expatriate community in Amsterdam. The analysis shows how these professionals draw on cosmopolitanism to define themselves as 'non-nationals'. This involves downplaying national affiliations and cultural differences while also marking national identity categories and 'cultural features' to maintain the difference they collectively embrace. This however does not imply openness to all otherness. Boundary drawing to demarcate the cosmopolitan 'us' in relation to national (mono)culture is equally important.The article argues that cosmopolitan identities are socially accomplished as particular modes of collective belonging that are part of -not beyond -a global discursive sphere of identity politics.

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“…Culturally diverse professional and social networks furthermore enable the process of cosmopolitan identity formation (Colic-Peisker, 2010;Mao and Shen, 2015). Beaverstock …”

Section: Conditions and Social Sites Of Practiced Cosmopolitanismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Imagining ‘non-nationality’: Cosmopolitanism as a source of identity and belonging

Skovgaard-Smith

Poulfelt

2017

Human Relations

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“…To the present day, cultural psychology has developed into a sophisticated field of research with well established theories and methodologies (for a review, see Kitayama & Cohen D., 2007). Some of the particularly notable developments include cultural neuroscience (Chiao, Cheon, Pornpattananangkul, Mrazek, & Blizinsky, 2013; Park & Huang, 2010), investigations of the causes of cultural change (Greenfield, 2013; Trzesniewski & Donnellan, 2010; Twenge, Campbell, & Freeman, 2012; also see Freeman, 2002, and Putnam, 2000), the study of Gene × Culture interaction (Kim & Sasaki, 2012; Kitayama, King, Yoon, Tompson, Huff, & Liberzon, 2014; Luo, Ma, Liu, Li, Wang, Shi, & … Han, 2015), the use of social network analysis to study cultural experience and behavior (Mao & Shen, 2015; Qiu, Lin, & Leung, 2013), and the integration of ecological perspectives to understand origins of cultural variability (Kitayama et al, 2010; Talhelm, Zhang, Oishi, Shimin, Duan, Lan, & Kitayama, 2014). These theoretical and methodological advances have allowed investigators not only to identify but, more importantly, explain and predict group differences.…”

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Why Should We All Be Cultural Psychologists? Lessons From the Study of Social Cognition

Wang

2016

Perspect Psychol Sci

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I call the attention of psychologists to the pivotal role of cultural psychology in extending and enriching research programs. I argue that it is not enough to simply acknowledge the importance of culture, and urge psychologists to practice cultural psychology in their research. I deconstruct five assumptions about cultural psychology that seriously undermine its contribution to the building of a true psychological science, including that cultural psychology 1) is only about finding group differences; 2) does not care about group similarities; 3) only concerns group-level analysis; 4) is irrelevant to basic psychological processes; and 5) is only to confirm the generalizability of theories. I discuss how cultural psychology can provide unique insights into psychological processes and further equip researchers with additional tools to understand human behavior. Drawing lessons from the 20 years of cultural research that my colleagues and I have done on the development of social cognition, including autobiographical memory, future thinking, self, and emotion knowledge, I demonstrate that incorporating cultural psychology into a research program is not only necessary but also feasible.

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“…Zagenczyk et al (2010) found co-workers with network ties tend to have similar levels of POS, while work on social exchange demonstrates that network position plays a role in employee feelings of obligation toward their employer. Network research has shed light on social influence in a variety of behavioral and attitudinal domains (e.g., Bardon et al, 2015;Mao and Shen, 2015;Vardaman et al, 2012), and integrating social comparisons with a network approach could provide significant theoretical insight into OST by considering how intra-organizational social networks impact POS's relationships with employee attitudes and behaviors.…”

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Social comparisons and organizational support: Implications for commitment and retention

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Organizational support theory (OST) suggests that employees develop a general perception of the extent to which the organization values their contributions and cares about their well-being (perceived organizational support – POS), and respond to that support through attitudes and behaviors that are beneficial toward the organization. Although OST emphasizes both social exchange and self-enhancement processes, most accounts of POS’s effects are rooted in social exchange. For example, POS’s linkages with commitment and retention have been explained as an exchange of support for positive attitudes and continued employment. This research sheds light on self-enhancement’s less-understood role in fostering these reactions by demonstrating the influence of social comparison effects. Drawing on a sample of 342 employees nested in 82 work-units of a US hospitality company, our analysis demonstrates that favorable POS comparisons with peers in one’s work-unit are positively associated with commitment and retention, whereas unfavorable comparisons are negatively related. Results also show that comparisons taking place in less-supported work-units have stronger impact than comparisons made in those with better support. Our findings extend OST by revealing the importance of social comparisons in engendering responses to organizational support, and in so doing potentially explicate the differential ways social exchange and self-enhancement operate with regard to POS.

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Cultural identity change in expatriates: A social network perspective

Cited by 115 publications

References 109 publications

Imagining ‘non-nationality’: Cosmopolitanism as a source of identity and belonging

Imagining ‘non-nationality’: Cosmopolitanism as a source of identity and belonging

Why Should We All Be Cultural Psychologists? Lessons From the Study of Social Cognition

Social comparisons and organizational support: Implications for commitment and retention

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