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Understanding body dissatisfaction and preferences among Palestinian-Arab Women in Israel: Westernization and culturally bound factor 了解以色列巴勒斯坦-阿拉伯妇女对身体的不满和偏好：西方化和文化束缚因素

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102094

Laura Mansour, Lily Rothschild-Yakar, Rabaa Sweid, Jenny Kurman

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Geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness: A new cultural worldview? The case of nine European countries 地理和美学的包容性：新的文化世界观？九个欧洲国家的案例

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102092

Jordi López-Sintas , Tally Katz-Gerro , Jörg Rössel , Simon Manuel Walo

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Interethnic workplace relations in times of heightened social tension: Israeli-Arab teachers in Jewish schools post-10/7 社会紧张局势加剧时期的种族间工作场所关系：10/7 事件后犹太学校中的以色列-阿拉伯教师

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102093

Gahl Silverman , Shahar Gindi , Michal Hisherik , Nehaya Awida Haj Yehya , Iris Yaniv , Tali Ben Yehuda

{"title":"Interethnic workplace relations in times of heightened social tension: Israeli-Arab teachers in Jewish schools post-10/7","authors":"Gahl Silverman , Shahar Gindi , Michal Hisherik , Nehaya Awida Haj Yehya , Iris Yaniv , Tali Ben Yehuda","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102093","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102093","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This exploratory study examined the interethnic workplace relations of minority Israeli-<strong>A</strong>rab boundary-crossing- <strong>T</strong>eachers working in <strong>J</strong>ewish schools (ATJ) with their majority peers consisting of Israeli-<strong>J</strong>ewish <strong>P</strong>rincipals (JP) and Israeli-<strong>J</strong>ewish <strong>T</strong>eachers (JT), during the initial months after October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel. We employed a software-assisted qualitative content analysis on a purposive sample of 12 ATJs, five JPs, and an additional six ATJ-supporting representatives who triangulated the findings based on their daily contact with both ATJs and JPs. The analysis of the findings suggests an interrelation model between JP–ATJ, and JT–ATJ interethnic workplace relations and the ATJs’ perception of their (own) teaching position post-10/7 attack. We conclude that (1) despite the surrounding heightened social tension in the aftermath of 10/7, most (75 %) of the ATJs perceived their JP as attentive, their interethnic workplace relations with peer JTs as healthy, and consequently, most (89 %) of these ATJs perceived belonging and mission in their position; however, (2) few of the ATJs perceived their JPs as disregarded or half-hearted and experienced half-hearted or hostile workplace relations with their JT peers, and consequently had a perception of otherness or persecution on their teaching position; and, (3) the surrounding heightened social tension breached into the interethnic workplace sphere and led to erroneous decision-making of JPs against their ATJs in one case in which Israeli-Palestinian conflicting context was involved. Implications for shared living and national resilience are further discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 102093"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142663439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The odyssey of Turkish school leaders in Africa: An expedition into professional identity, challenges, and cultural adaptations 非洲土耳其学校领导的奥德赛：对职业身份、挑战和文化适应的考察

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102090

Ünal Deniz

{"title":"The odyssey of Turkish school leaders in Africa: An expedition into professional identity, challenges, and cultural adaptations","authors":"Ünal Deniz","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102090","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102090","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This phenomenological study explores the experiences of Turkish school leaders in international schools across 20 African countries, offering a novel perspective on educational leadership beyond the Anglo-Saxon context. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 leaders selected through maximum variation sampling. The analysis revealed four themes: (i) factors that lead to working abroad, (ii) challenges of working abroad, (iii) perceived cultural similarities and differences, and (iv) reflections on international experiences. Findings illuminate a complex interplay of personal, altruistic, and professional factors driving these leaders’ decisions to work abroad. Participants reported navigating significant challenges at individual, professional, and environmental levels, necessitating the development of cultural intelligence, adaptive leadership styles, and crisis management skills. The study highlights a profound transformation in leaders’ professional identities from “outsiders” to “cultural mediators,” underscoring the critical role of culturally responsive leadership in diverse educational contexts. Results reveal how African sociocultural settings shape expatriate leaders’ mindsets, fostering more collaborative approaches and deeper cross-cultural appreciation. This highlights the evolution of leaders’ cultural understanding and effective communication skills, emphasizing the need for targeted support and professional development in cultural sensitivity and adaptive leadership. This research enhances the understanding of leadership complexities in multicultural settings, providing insights for global educational leadership and future research in cross-cultural management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 102090"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142553624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effects of refugees’ emotional tears on felt emotions and helping behaviors 难民情绪化的眼泪对感受到的情绪和帮助行为的影响

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102091

Magdalena Bobowik , Janis H. Zickfeld , Borja Martinović , Maykel Verkuyten

{"title":"The effects of refugees’ emotional tears on felt emotions and helping behaviors","authors":"Magdalena Bobowik , Janis H. Zickfeld , Borja Martinović , Maykel Verkuyten","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102091","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102091","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tearful faces are frequent in mass media portraits of refugees, but the consequences of such depictions for different kinds of intergroup helping remain poorly understood. While existing research suggests that individuals tend to be more <em>willing</em> to support those who display tears, the impact of emotional tears on tangible helping behavior, such as monetary donations, has not been examined. Understanding these dynamics could have significant implications for fundraising strategies employed by civil society organizations. Across three experiments relying on nation-wide panel data (<em>N</em> = 2647) and a quasi-experimental citizen science study (<em>N</em> = 191) conducted in the Netherlands, we tested the effects of refugees’ tearful (vs. non-tearful) expressions on people’s emotional reactions, intentions to offer refugees both dependency- and autonomy-oriented help, as well as actual helping behavior (i.e., money donated to an organization supporting refugees). Data from three online experiments unveiled a positive relationship between exposure to emotional tears and both dependency- and autonomy-oriented intentions to help, as well as donation behavior (in Study 4, two initiatives encompassing both dependency- and autonomy-oriented help), via felt compassion. Across all studies, the visual representations of refugees with tears consistently resulted in more helping intentions and donations indirectly via the perceived sadness of the refugee(s) and the subsequent felt compassion. Our findings illuminate critical questions regarding visual representations of refugees that might motivate solidarity. They also encourage future collaborative research at the convergence of art, social and emotion science, and activism. Our research also provides a platform for initiating fundraising campaigns aimed at generating resources to support initiatives focused on sharing the narratives of displaced individuals and empowering the refugee community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 102091"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142578935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Social and institutional inclusion in multi-ethnic schools enable better intergroup relations for majority youth and higher school achievement for minority youth 多民族学校中的社会和制度包容能够改善多数民族青年的群体间关系，提高少数民族青年的学业成绩

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102088

Judit Kende , Eva G.T. Green , Karen Phalet

{"title":"Social and institutional inclusion in multi-ethnic schools enable better intergroup relations for majority youth and higher school achievement for minority youth","authors":"Judit Kende , Eva G.T. Green , Karen Phalet","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102088","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102088","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inclusive school climates have been related to more friendly and equal intergroup relations among majority and ethnic minority youth. Yet, comprehensive research distinguishing majority and ethnic minority group perspectives on both social and institutional inclusion, and looking beyond individual perceptions of inclusion is missing. Taking a multi-group and multi-level approach, we assessed the actual social climate (aggregating majority intergroup attitudes within schools) and institutional climate (coding school diversity policies); and we tested associations with intergroup relations (i.e., individual intergroup bias and contact) and school performance (i.e., self-reported Dutch language grades) as individual outcomes for both majority and minority youth. To this end, we draw on a large-scale survey of 1814 native-origin majority and 1068 Turkish- and Moroccan-origin minority youth in the same 65 Flemish-Belgian middle schools. As expected for majority youth, a more inclusive ingroup social climate predicts less intergroup bias; and more social and institutional inclusion jointly predict more intergroup contact with minority peers. For minority youth, an inclusive outgroup social climate predicts higher Dutch grades; yet social and institutional inclusion were unrelated to their intergroup attitudes or contact.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 102088"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142536001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Longitudinal examination of perceived cultural distance, psychological and sociocultural adaptation: A study of postgraduate student adaptation in Shanghai 文化距离感知、心理和社会文化适应的纵向研究：上海研究生适应性研究

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102084

Xinghe Yan , Alexander S. English , Lu Zheng , Michael Bender , Yunyan Zhou , Jingyu Ma , Yuhao Ma , Jia Lu , Weiying Li

{"title":"Longitudinal examination of perceived cultural distance, psychological and sociocultural adaptation: A study of postgraduate student adaptation in Shanghai","authors":"Xinghe Yan , Alexander S. English , Lu Zheng , Michael Bender , Yunyan Zhou , Jingyu Ma , Yuhao Ma , Jia Lu , Weiying Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102084","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since the conclusion of the pandemic, scholars are prompted to reexamine the connection between perceived cultural distance and the cultural adaptation process. However, research in this realm remains limited, especially concerning the intercultural contact by students who move to new cultures for school. Employing a longitudinal design, our study explored how perceived cultural distance predict sociocultural and psychological adaptation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing from the outcomes of a cross-lagged model involving 129 Chinese postgraduate students, we observed that perceived cultural distance at Time 2 negatively predicted sociocultural and psychological adaptation at Time 3, indicating greater perceived cultural distance with poorer sociocultural and psychological adaptation at Time 3. Remarkably, our findings supported the perceived cultural distance hypothesis, namely a time-lagged effect between perceived cultural distance and acculturation, a connection that only occurred after COVID restrictions ended. The findings carry significant implications for acculturation during the pandemic period and provide more longitudinal evidence supporting the theory of acculturation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 102084"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142536002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Decomposing the role of ingroup evaluation in the contact-deprovincialization path: The role of collective narcissism versus ingroup satisfaction 分解内群体评价在接触-省籍化路径中的作用：集体自恋与内群体满意度的作用

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102089

Aysenur Didem Yilmaz , Sabahat Cigdem Bagci , Sofia Stathi

{"title":"Decomposing the role of ingroup evaluation in the contact-deprovincialization path: The role of collective narcissism versus ingroup satisfaction","authors":"Aysenur Didem Yilmaz , Sabahat Cigdem Bagci , Sofia Stathi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102089","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102089","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Through two correlational studies, we investigated how national group members’ contact with refugees (Turkey, <em>N</em> = 315) and immigrants (UK, <em>N</em> = 384) is associated with a more deprovincialized view of the world through secure versus defensive national group evaluation (i.e., ingroup satisfaction and collective narcissism, respectively). We expected that when both forms of ingroup evaluation are considered, contact-deprovincialization path would be mediated only through lower collective narcissism, but not necessarily through lower ingroup satisfaction. Findings demonstrated that in both contexts, only collective narcissism consistently and strongly mediated the links between intergroup contact (quality) and both cultural and group deprovincialization. Contact was also associated with lower ingroup satisfaction, but less strongly and only in the Turkish context. The importance of distinguishing between secure and defensive forms of ingroup evaluation when studying the deprovincializing role of intergroup contact is highlighted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 102089"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142536000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does culture matter? Re-examining cultural distance, conflict, and socio-cultural adaptation in MNCs in southwestern China 文化重要吗？重新审视中国西南地区跨国公司的文化距离、冲突和社会文化适应性

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102077

Yiheng Deng , Xinghe Yan , Mei-Kuang Chen , Muhammad Umar Nadeem , Steve J. Kulich

{"title":"Does culture matter? Re-examining cultural distance, conflict, and socio-cultural adaptation in MNCs in southwestern China","authors":"Yiheng Deng , Xinghe Yan , Mei-Kuang Chen , Muhammad Umar Nadeem , Steve J. Kulich","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102077","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102077","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined aspects related to intercultural distance and conflict dynamics effecting local employees who work with multinational companies (MNCs). The traditional view is that conflict arises out of national cultural differences manifested in nearly all management aspects within such MNCs. However, the mechanism of how cultural differences bring about or reduce conflict has not been clear. Communication expectancy violation (EV), an acknowledged critical link in this mechanism, has been under-studied. Hence, this study focused on EV as a potential link between cultural distance and conflict. In addition, how cultural distance, conflict, and conflict management styles, as well as expectancy violations predict socio-cultural adaptation is investigated. To narrow down intracultural differences, given the vast area that China occupies, a survey was carried out among 216 Chinese employees specifically in MNCs located in two leading southwestern inland cities of Chengdu and Chongqing. The findings reveal that (1) socio-cultural adaptation was predicted by three factors: EV, cultural distance (in terms of the company’s home country), and the confrontational conflict management style, and that (2) conflict was also predicted by EV. However, (3) the connection examined between conflict and socio-cultural adaptation was not supported. The study thus casts new light on a seldom studied multicultural context in inland China and reports new findings downplaying the usual role attributed to cultural distance and instead highlighting the significance of EV. The study also provides evidence for the institutional theory of organization, showing that how conflict is handled within MNC contexts is more important than the conflict itself, predicting a less-considered way toward better adapting to shared corporate culture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 102077"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Role of attachment style, acculturation orientation, and social support in the acculturation of international students in China 依恋风格、文化适应取向和社会支持在中国留学生文化适应中的作用

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102087

Man Luo , Awan Hasham Ikram , Xiaofang Zhang , Fang Peng , Jing Zhao , Haijun Deng

{"title":"Role of attachment style, acculturation orientation, and social support in the acculturation of international students in China","authors":"Man Luo , Awan Hasham Ikram , Xiaofang Zhang , Fang Peng , Jing Zhao , Haijun Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102087","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102087","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Herein, we examined the impact of attachment style, acculturation orientation, and social support on psychological distress and sociocultural adaptation difficulties among international students in China. This study was based on an online survey that involved 229 international students [117 (51.05 %) Asians, 105 (45.46 %) Africans, 3 (1.74 %) Europeans, 1 (0.44 %) Oceanian, and 3 (1.74 %) from the Americas]. Our sample’s average [Standard Deviation (SD)] GHQ-12 and Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (SCAS) scores were 0.906 (0.477) and 2.240 (0.746), respectively. Furthermore, hierarchical regression analysis revealed that our predictors could account for 25.4 % and 14.3 % of the explained variance in international students’ psychological distress and sociocultural difficulties, respectively. In such instances, Chinese language proficiency correlated negatively with both psychological distress and sociocultural adaptation difficulties. Additionally, there was a positive correlation between attachment avoidance/anxiety and psychological distress, as well as between attachment anxiety and sociocultural adaptation difficulties. Moreover, heritage culture orientation and co-national support correlated negatively with psychological distress. Besides providing valuable insights for policymakers in education, our findings could also aid international students in quickly and effectively adapting to new environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 102087"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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