From Emic to Etic: Exporting Indigenous Constructs

Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua

doi:10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00268.x

Cited by 17 publications

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“…M. Cheung et al, 2003; Kwan et al, 1997). The contrast between phenomena understood to be universal and those that are believed to be indigenous to a distinctive context is too sharply drawn (S. X. Chen, 2010).…”

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Are Guanxi-Type Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships Culture-General? An Eight-Nation Test of Measurement Invariance

Smith

Wasti

Grigoryan

et al. 2014

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Three dimensions of subordinate–supervisor relations (affective attachment, deference to supervisor, and personal-life inclusion) that had been found by Y. Chen, Friedman, Yu, Fang, and Lu to be characteristic of a guanxi relationship between subordinates and their supervisors in China were surveyed in Taiwan, Singapore, and six non-Chinese cultural contexts. The Affective Attachment and Deference subscales demonstrated full metric invariance whereas the Personal-Life Inclusion subscale was found to have partial metric invariance across all eight samples. Structural equation modeling revealed that the affective attachment dimension had a cross-nationally invariant positive relationship to affective organizational commitment and a negative relationship to turnover intention. The deference to the supervisor dimension had invariant positive relationships with both affective and normative organizational commitment. The personal-life inclusion dimension was unrelated to all outcomes. These results indicate the relevance of aspects of guanxi to superior–subordinate relations in non-Chinese cultures. Studies of indigenous concepts can contribute to a broader understanding of organizational behavior.

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Are Guanxi-Type Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships Culture-General? An Eight-Nation Test of Measurement Invariance

Smith

Wasti

Grigoryan

et al. 2014

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…A general characteristic of the studies conducted to date is the strong imbalance between a large number of studies on prejudicial attitudes and the relative scarcity of research on discriminatory behaviors per se (Fiske, Harris, Lee, & Russell, ; Rattan & Ambady, ; Sasaki & Vorauer, ). A second general tendency is the concern to identify general social‐psychological determinants that operate in the same way across countries (e.g., social dominance orientation, Sidanius & Pratto, ) and the disregard for the role of culture‐specific determinants that can operate differently in different countries (Amir & Sharon, ; Chen, ; Chiu & Hong, ; Fiske & Cuddy, ; Guimond et al, ; Hilton & Liu, ; Hong, Morris, Chiu, & Benet‐Martinez, ). In this research, we address these two themes together by studying the determinants of discriminatory behaviors and by testing the hypothesis that the effect of what can be considered as “general” factors of discrimination can vary as a function of culture‐specific variables.…”

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Perceived acculturation preferences of minority groups and intergroup discrimination: When culture‐specific intergroup norms matter

Anier

Badea

Berthon

et al. 2018

J Applied Social Pyschol

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The present research seeks to show that culture-specific variables can moderate the impact of general determinants of intergroup discrimination, usually assumed to operate identically across cultures. The present paper reports the results of two studies testing the hypothesis that, in France, the cultural norm of new laïcité (a French-specific ideology of secularism) can moderate the impact of the perceived host culture adoption and national identification on discrimination against immigrants. We conducted a correlational study (Study 1, N = 249) and an experiment (Study 2, N = 143) using two distinct and previously validated measures of intergroup discrimination.Results showed that the higher the perception of a norm of new laïcité, the stronger the link between host culture adoption and national identification. More specifically, among native French people, the perception of a weak host culture adoption and a weak national identification on the part of immigrants produced higher levels of discriminatory behavior especially when the intergroup norm of new laïcité was high.These studies highlight the fundamental importance of taking into account culturespecific variables in the study of discrimination and point to the fact that, by changing the normative context, one may change intergroup behaviors. Reducing intergroup discrimination in applied settings may require targeting culture-specific intergroup norms.

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“…It would be advantageous to conduct more empirically focused efforts, using both an emic (culture‐specific) and etic (culture‐general) approach to investigating peak‐experiences cross‐culturally in other Asian cultures. One may begin with the etic approach that adopts the universalist assumption to study cultural similarities in basic psychological processes, and then use the emic approach to identify cultural differences and distinctiveness in human behavior (S. X. Chen, ). Such research will enable a more comprehensive assessment of the salience of peak‐experiences in non‐Western samples and their potential usefulness for counseling adolescents, young adults, and families.…”

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confidence: 99%