The Acculturation of Immigrants to U.S. Organizations

Alkhazraji, Khalid M.; Gardner, William L.; Martin, Jeanette S.; Paolillo, Joseph G. P.

doi:10.1177/0893318997112003

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“…The second scale, KEEP, measured respondents' willingness to keep their original culture. Both scales were adopted from Alkhazraji et al (1997) with minor changes to fit the current populations. Responses to ADOPT statements are coded so that a high score indicates high acceptance of the U.S. culture.…”

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‘Consumer Ethics: The Role of Acculturation in U.S. Immigrant Populations’

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This study examines the role of acculturation in shaping consumers' views of ethics. Specifically, it examines the relationships between the desire to keep one's original culture, the desire to adopt the host culture, and the four dimensions of the Muncy and Vitell (Journal of Business Research Ethics 24(4), 297, 1992) consumer ethics scale. Using two separate immigrant populationsone of former Middle-Eastern residents now living in the U.S. and the other of Asian immigrants in the U.S. -results indicate that those who want to keep their original culture are less tolerant of unethical consumer activities, while those who are more willing to adopt the host culture are more tolerant of these same consumer activities. Furthermore, the immigrants in both studies who are more tolerant of unethical consumer activities are those who are generally somewhat younger and with less formal education. The relationship between gender and consumer ethics was not significant.

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Section: Cultural Orientationmentioning

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‘Consumer Ethics: The Role of Acculturation in U.S. Immigrant Populations’

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“…Following Bhatia and Ram [2001], however, the amount of acculturation-related change observed likely depends on the immigrant group and receiving society in question. Individuals from diasporic groups or religious-based cultural backgrounds may be less willing to emphasize individualism and personal identity, and may resist change either because of perceived expectations from the enclave or religious community [Alkhazraji, Gardner, Martin, & Paolillo, 1997] or because of the perceived superiority of collectivist values (e.g., the familism cherished by many immigrant groups) [Markovic & Manderson, 2002].…”

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The Role of Identity in Acculturation among Immigrant People: Theoretical Propositions, Empirical Questions, and Applied Recommendations

2006

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The present paper advances theoretical propositions regarding the relationship between acculturation and identity. The most central thesis argued is that acculturation represents changes in cultural identity and that personal identity has the potential to ‘anchor’ immigrant people during their transition to a new society. The article emphasizes the experiences of nonwhite, non-Western immigrant people moving to Western nations. The article also calls for research on heretofore unexplored aspects of the relationship of acculturation to personal and social identity. Ideas are proposed for interventions to promote cultural identity change and personal identity coherence.

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“…Previous studies in ethnically similar populations have reported lower response rates associated with longer questionnaires (see e.g., Alkhazraji et al, 1997). While reducing the size of the questionnaire was one of our concerns, it is important to mention that we derived our measures from a number of phenomenological interviews conducted with Shia youth as part of our exploratory research, and the resulting instrument had been reviewed by members of our population of interest.…”

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Mobilizing the hijab: Islamic identity negotiation in the context of a matchmaking website

Zwick

Chelariu

2006

J of Consumer Behaviour

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*This article explores the intended use and meaning of the hijab as a personal branding tool for Muslim users of an online matchmaking service. We analyze the motivations of male and female Muslim consumers for mobilizing the symbolism of the hijab as they construct online identities. We ask whether including information about 'willingness to wear the hijab' is motivated primarily by a desire to comply to normative rules of conduct or by an instrumental attitude driven by a desire to effectively build and communicate a personal online brand. Our results indicate that the meaning of the hijab is not fixed and uncontested but is dependent on the historical and social context of insertion. In the context of an online matchmaking site, the motivation to mobilize the hijab is predominantly instrumental. In addition, women are more likely to use the hijab for personal branding than men, whose motivation to mobilize the veil's cultural and traditional symbolism prevails. In accordance with previous research, we find that a higher degree of education reduces the likelihood of men and women to use the hijab in order to conform to community norms. IntroductionConservative Muslims living in Western societies face a unique set of challenges as they attempt to conserve a sense of cultural and ethnic identity in a world characterized by change, high mobility, and multiculturalism. Close-knit, traditional communities like the Shia Muslims in North America directly experience the dissolving effects of modernity as their young members are either no longer able to easily locate and meet partners for marriage within their own population or sometimes prefer to find them outside the community (Mawjee, 1998). Mobility and spatial dispersion typical of modern urban life add another layer of complexity. The matchmaker-the traditional facilitator of love in Shia Muslim communities-has either disappeared or lost its monopoly status as the means for finding a life mate among Westernized Muslim youth. Like for their non-Muslim peers, the Internet has gained widespread ----- The new medium, however, has its problems. Conservative communities such as the Shia have elaborate and highly scripted customs that govern the development of social relationships between men and women. Online matchmaking sites must be able to reproduce a generally acceptable environment for socializing that honors the community's cultural and religious statutes and norms. With respect to the love seekers, the new medium requires a whole new language with which to construct a desirable and marketable digital persona.In this paper, we explore the use and meaning of the hijab 1 as a personal branding tool (Spillane, 2000) for Muslim consumers participating in an online matchmaking service. Specifically, we examine the motivations of male and female Muslim consumers to mobilize the symbolism of the hijab for the construction of a desirable and 'marketable' digital identity. We pursue two main research questions. First, we examine whether including information about 'willin...

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The Acculturation of Immigrants to U.S. Organizations

Cited by 41 publications

References 28 publications

‘Consumer Ethics: The Role of Acculturation in U.S. Immigrant Populations’

‘Consumer Ethics: The Role of Acculturation in U.S. Immigrant Populations’

The Role of Identity in Acculturation among Immigrant People: Theoretical Propositions, Empirical Questions, and Applied Recommendations

Mobilizing the hijab: Islamic identity negotiation in the context of a matchmaking website

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