Social axioms and acculturation orientations of English Canadians toward British and Arab Muslim immigrants

Identity and acculturation: interethnic relations in the Basque Autonomous Community

“…The results indicated that the hypothesis stands, especially in segregationism, exclusionism, individualism and integrationism, in which all of the prototypes gave the most highly regarded immigrant group a more positive score. In this respect, the results are consistent with those observed in other research, in which the most highly regarded groups are perceived to have greater appeal and less intergroup differentiation (Brewer and Campbell 1976;Grant 1993;Manstead 1996, 2001;Morera et al 2004), and this can encourage the development of more positive orientations (Barrette et al 2004;Bourhis et al 1997;Bourhis 2001, 2004;Safdar et al 2008).…”

“…The host society is more favourable towards some groups when the host society perceives that an immigrant group could benefit the community economically, because they share a common language, culture or religion, or for other reasons. Conversely, less highly regarded groups are more associated with negative stereotypes, being designated as rival groups with regard to social resources such as employment or housing and being considered a burden on social services, a cause of insecurity, or a threat to the survival of the host society's culture (Barrette et al 2004;Bourhis and Dayan 2004;Bourhis 2001, 2004;Safdar et al 2008).…”

What I do and What I think they Would Do: Social Axioms and Behaviour

“…A study of axiom validity among Americans found meaningful relations between the following dimensions: Social cynicism and interpersonal trust; social complexity and cognitive flexibility; reward for application and trying harder the next time when unsuccessful; religiosity and endorsement of traditional Christian beliefs; and fate control and endorsement of spiritualism and supernatural beliefs (Singelis, Hubbard, Her, & An, 2003). Additional findings showed relations between the social axioms and life satisfaction (Chen, Cheung, Bond, & Leung, 2006b;Lai, Bond, & Hui, 2007); acculturation orientation (Safdar, Dupuis, Lewis, El-Geledi, & Bourhis, 2008); organizational citizenship behaviours (Kwantes, Karam, Kuo, & Towson, 2008); and more specifically, between social cynicism and various work attitudes (Leung, Ip, & Leung, 2010).…”

Predictors of majority members' acculturation preferences: Experimental evidence

“…Another limitation is that the present work focussed on Pakistani people in the UK. Although there are no theoretical reasons to assume that the psychological processes under investigation here vary for different ethnic groups or across different demographics, the generalisability would need to be tested, especially given that mean level attitudes have been shown to vary between different target groups (Safdar, Dupuis, Lewis, El-Geledi, & Bourhis, 2008). Future work could attempt overcoming the difficulties in manipulating prejudice experimentally, and test the effects described here for other target groups.…”