Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
4-2010
Abstract
The present study examined how biculturals (Asian-Americans) adjust to differing cultural settings in performance appraisal. Biculturals vary in the degree to which their two cultural identities are compatible or oppositional — Bicultural Identity Integration (BII). The authors found that individual differences in BII interacted with the manipulation of the cultural setting (American or Asian) in determining whether employee outcomes were evaluated as matching or mismatching cultural norms. Results showed that Asian-Americans with high BII gave less weight to employees’ situational conditions in the American setting (matching American cultural norms) and more weight in the Asian setting (matching Asian cultural norms), whereas those with low BII showed the opposite pattern, giving more weight to employees’ situational conditions in the American setting (mismatching American cultural norms) and less weight in the Asian setting (mismatching Asian cultural norms). We discuss the implications of understanding bicultural identity dynamics in managerial judgment and behavior.
Keywords
bicultural identity integration, causal attribution, cultural frame switching, performance appraisal
Discipline
Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Multicultural Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management
Volume
10
Issue
1
First Page
17
Last Page
35
ISSN
1741-2838
Identifier
10.1177/1470595809359584
Publisher
SAGE
Citation
MOK, Aurelia, CHENG, Chi-Ying, & MORRIS, Michael W..(2010). Matching Versus Mismatching Cultural Norms in Performance Appraisal: Effects of the Cultural Setting and Bicultural Identity Integration. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 10(1), 17-35.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1042
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/1470595809359584