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Cross-cultural psychology has come to an emic-etic approach when examining transcultural contexts such as international human resources management. This pilot study reports from a larger German-Kenyan research project investigating major personality factors and their correlates in both cultures concurrently. Intercultural differences between Germany and Kenya are evaluated with regard to their functional effects on coping and development in the occupational context. Different cultural context...Cross-cultural psychology has come to an emic-etic approach when examining transcultural contexts such as international human resources management. This pilot study reports from a larger German-Kenyan research project investigating major personality factors and their correlates in both cultures concurrently. Intercultural differences between Germany and Kenya are evaluated with regard to their functional effects on coping and development in the occupational context. Different cultural contexts should bring up differing styles of action and coping (e.g. the African idea of “Ubuntu”), but may have comparable outcomes. Just how should one meet the problem of cultural diversity and measurement invariance? Quantitative and qualitative measures of two different instruments on Core Self-Evaluations were applied, together with typical external criteria such as well-being, learning motivation and job performance. Results show that instruments used cannot be easily transferred from one culture to another. On the other hand, if certain requirements are met, the prediction of criteria gets manageable.» weiterlesen» einklappen

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DFG Fachgebiet:
Psychologie

DDC Sachgruppe:
Psychologie