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Luis Alfonso Dau - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Biculturalism team performance and cultural faultline bridges
Journal of International Management, 2016Co-Authors: Luis Alfonso DauAbstract:Abstract This conceptual paper focuses on the relationship between Biculturalism and team performance. Building on Transactive Memory Theory, I argue that bicultural team members have a latent potential to enhance the transactive memory systems and performance of their teams. However, I propose that this potential is only fully realized when the characteristics of the individual and team are synchronized. More specifically, I argue that biculturals may have a different impact on culturally homogenous teams, culturally diverse teams, and teams characterized by a deep cultural faultline, depending on whether the biculturals share neither, one, or both of their cultures with other members of the team. In order to integrate these ideas, I develop a dynamic, multi-level theoretical model that delineates the relationships in question.
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Biculturalism, Team Performance, and Cultural-faultline Bridges ☆
Journal of International Management, 2016Co-Authors: Luis Alfonso DauAbstract:This conceptual paper focuses on the relationship between Biculturalism and team performance. Building on Transactive Memory Theory, I argue that bicultural team members have a latent potential to enhance the transactive memory systems and performance of their teams. However, I propose that this potential is only fully realized when the characteristics of the individual and team are synchronized. More specifically, I argue that biculturals may have a different impact on culturally homogenous teams, culturally diverse teams, and teams characterized by a deep cultural faultline, depending on whether the biculturals share neither, one, or both of their cultures with other members of the team. In order to integrate these ideas, I develop a dynamic, multi-level theoretical model that delineates the relationships in question.
Verónica Benet-martínez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Biculturalism dynamics: A daily diary study of bicultural identity and psychosocial functioning
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2019Co-Authors: Seth J Schwartz, Verónica Benet-martínez, Alan Meca, Jose Szapocznik, Colleen Ward, Ágnes Szabó, Elma I. Lorenzo-blanco, Gillian Albert Sznitman, Cory L. Cobb, Jennifer B UngerAbstract:Abstract We examined two conceptualizations of bicultural identity – the Bicultural Identity Integration (BII) framework (cultural identity blendedness-distance and harmony-conflict) and cultural hybridizing and alternating (mixing one's two cultural identities and/or switching between them). Utilizing data from a 12-day diary study with 873 Hispanic college students, we examined three research questions: (1) cross-sectional and longitudinal intercorrelations among these Biculturalism components, (2) links among daily variability in these Biculturalism components, and (3) how this daily variability predicts well-being and mental health outcomes over time. Bicultural hybridizing was positively related to, and longitudinally predicted by, both BII blendedness and harmony. Daily fluctuation scores for BII blendedness, BII harmony, and bicultural hybridizing were strongly interrelated. Well-being was negatively predicted by fluctuations in hybridizing, whereas internalizing symptoms were positively predicted by fluctuations in blendedness. These results are discussed in terms of what Biculturalism is and how best to promote it.
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Biculturalism: Negotiating multiple cultural streams
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2016Co-Authors: Seth J Schwartz, Verónica Benet-martínez, Dina Birman, Jennifer B UngerAbstract:This chapter reviews the construct of Biculturalism, focusing on individuals with multiple cultural backgrounds. The chapter focuses on Biculturalism as a heterogeneous label, and it covers several variants of Biculturalism that have been studied. A number of Biculturalism-related constructs are discussed, including endorsement of two or more cultural streams, cultural frame switching, bicultural identity integration, globalization-based Biculturalism, and triculturalism (endorsement of three or more cultural streams). Distinctions between Biculturalism and triculturalism are discussed, along with consideration of situations in which more than three cultural streams may be intersecting. The chapter concludes with a section on practical implications of Biculturalism and on interventions to promote Biculturalism in individuals and families.
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Biculturalism and Adjustment A Meta-Analysis
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2012Co-Authors: Angelaminhtu D Nguyen, Verónica Benet-martínezAbstract:Biculturalism (having two cultures) is a growing social phenomenon that has received considerable attention in psychology in the last decade; however, the issue of what impact (if any) Biculturalism has on individuals’ adjustment remains empirically unclear. To answer this question, we conducted a meta-analysis that included 83 studies, 322 rs, and 23,197 participants. Results based on the random-effects approach show a significant, strong, and positive association between Biculturalism and adjustment (both psychological and sociocultural). This Biculturalism- adjustment link is stronger than the association between having one culture (dominant or heritage) and adjustment. Thus, our results clearly invalidate early sociological accounts of this phenomenon, which portrayed bicultural individuals as “marginal” and stumped between two worlds. Analyses also indicate that the association between Biculturalism and adjustment is moderated by how acculturation is measured, the adjustment domain, and sample charac...
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Biculturalism Unpacked: Components, Measurement, Individual Differences, and Outcomes
Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2007Co-Authors: Angelaminhtu D Nguyen, Verónica Benet-martínezAbstract:Cultural contact due to migration, globalization, travel, and the resulting cultural diversity, has led to growing numbers of bicultural individuals, which demands further research on this group. In this article, we introduce the concept of Biculturalism and provide the foundation necessary for understanding literature on this topic, beginning research in this area, and recognizing Biculturalism in everyday life. In unpacking the construct of Biculturalism, we first define it along with its components and related constructs (e.g. acculturation strategies). Second, we compare and discuss various ways of measuring Biculturalism (e.g. unidimensional versus bidimensional models). Third, we organize and summarize the limited literature on individual differences in bicultural identity, focusing on the construct of Bicultural Identity Integration (Benet-Martinez & Haritatos, 2005). Lastly, we review the possible outcomes resulting from Biculturalism. I think of myself not as a unified cultural being but as a communion of different cultural beings. Due to the fact that I have spent time in different cultural environments, I have developed several cultural identities that diverge and converge according to the need of the moment. (Sparrow, 2000, 190) Most agree that our society is increasingly diverse and multicultural, but who is bicultural? Would a European American who eats Mexican food, speaks Spanish, and is married to a Mexican American be considered bicultural? What about an African American individual born and raised in the USA? Is he or she bicultural? In this article, we argue that there is more than one definition of Biculturalism by reviewing the various definitions of Biculturalism and presenting Biculturalism within the context of acculturation. Because there is also more than one way to operationalize Biculturalism, we compare and contrast the various methods of measuring it. Furthermore, we argue that there is more than one way to be bicultural and subsequently discuss variations among bicultural individuals, particularly the construct of Bicultural Identity Integration (BII). Finally, we argue for the potential benefits of Biculturalism.
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Biculturalism and Cognitive Complexity Expertise in Cultural Representations
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2006Co-Authors: Verónica Benet-martínez, Fiona Lee, Janxin LeuAbstract:To explore the possible cognitive consequences of Biculturalism, the authors examine the complexity of cultural representations in monocultural and bicultural individuals. Study 1 found that Chinese American biculturals' free descriptions of both American and Chinese cultures are higher in cognitive complexity than that of Anglo-American monoculturals, but the same effect was not apparent in descriptions of culturally neutral entities (landscapes). With the same procedures, Study 2 found that the cultural representations of biculturals with low levels of Bicultural Identity Integration (BII; or biculturals with conflicted cultural identities) are more cognitively complex than that of biculturals with high BII (biculturals with compatible cultural identities). This article shows that cultural frame switching and BII have meaningful cognitive consequences; furthermore, it suggests that exposure to more than one culture may increase individuals' ability to detect, process, and organize everyday cultural mean...
Joni Y. Sasaki - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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More Than the Sum of Its Parts: A Transformative Theory of Biculturalism
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2017Co-Authors: Alexandria L. West, Rui Zhang, Maya A. Yampolsky, Joni Y. SasakiAbstract:With the rise of globalization, culture mixing increasingly occurs not only between groups and individuals belonging to different cultures but also within individuals. Biculturals, or people who are part of two cultures, are a growing population that has been studied in recent years; yet, there is still much to learn about exactly how their unique experiences of negotiating their cultures affect the way they think and behave. Past research has at times relied on models of Biculturalism that conceptualize biculturals’ characteristics and experiences as simply the sum of their cultures’ influences. Yet, the way biculturals negotiate their cultures may result in unique psychological and social products that go beyond the additive contributions of each culture, suggesting the need for a new transformative theory of Biculturalism. In this theoretical contribution, our aims are threefold: to (a) establish the need for a transformative theory of Biculturalism, (b) discuss how our new transformative theory unifie...
Kristen M Culbert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Disordered Eating in Asian American Women: Sociocultural and Culture-Specific Predictors
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019Co-Authors: Liya M. Akoury, Cortney S. Warren, Kristen M CulbertAbstract:Asian American women demonstrate higher rates of disordered eating than other women of color and comparable rates to European American women. Research suggests that leading sociocultural predictors, namely pressures for thinness and thin-ideal internalization, are predictive of disordered eating in Asian American women; however, no known studies have tested the intersection of sociocultural and culture-specific variables (e.g., ethnic identity, Biculturalism, acculturative stress) to further elucidate disordered eating risk in this vulnerable, understudied group. Accordingly, this project used path analysis to simultaneously examine the role of sociocultural and culture-specific effects on disordered eating in Asian American college women (N = 430). Self-report measures assessing disordered eating, sociocultural (pressures for thinness; thin-ideal internalization) and culture-specific (ethnic identity, Biculturalism, acculturative stress) variables revealed that a number of sociocultural and culture-specific factors are predictive of disordered eating. Consistent with prior research, heightened perceived pressures for thinness and thin-ideal internalization were predictive of disordered eating, and thin-ideal internalization partially mediated the relationship between pressures for thinness and disordered eating. Acculturative stress predicted disordered eating and fully accounted for the inverse relationship between Biculturalism and disordered eating. Overall, findings highlighted the salience of sociocultural predictors for disordered eating in Asian American women and identified Biculturalism and acculturative stress as culture-specific contributors that may uniquely impact vulnerability to disordered eating in Asian American women. Thus, the combined consideration of sociocultural and culture-specific factors may be important in disordered eating research and in the development of individualized treatment plans for Asian American women.
Alexandria L. West - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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More Than the Sum of Its Parts: A Transformative Theory of Biculturalism
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2017Co-Authors: Alexandria L. West, Rui Zhang, Maya A. Yampolsky, Joni Y. SasakiAbstract:With the rise of globalization, culture mixing increasingly occurs not only between groups and individuals belonging to different cultures but also within individuals. Biculturals, or people who are part of two cultures, are a growing population that has been studied in recent years; yet, there is still much to learn about exactly how their unique experiences of negotiating their cultures affect the way they think and behave. Past research has at times relied on models of Biculturalism that conceptualize biculturals’ characteristics and experiences as simply the sum of their cultures’ influences. Yet, the way biculturals negotiate their cultures may result in unique psychological and social products that go beyond the additive contributions of each culture, suggesting the need for a new transformative theory of Biculturalism. In this theoretical contribution, our aims are threefold: to (a) establish the need for a transformative theory of Biculturalism, (b) discuss how our new transformative theory unifie...