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University of Queensland
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ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication | Cultural Studies | Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies | Psychology | Business and Management | Social Policy | Social And Community Psychology | Social Program Evaluation | Social and Community Psychology | International Business
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Communication Across Languages and Culture | Understanding other countries | Social Structure and Health | Ageing and Older People |
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Publications
How Queensland newspapers reported public sector information reform
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 24-01-2017
Abstract: This article explores the role of media in Freedom of Information (FOI) policy transfer, using a case study of Queensland’s 2009 FOI reforms. A multi-dimensional analysis was used to discover how newspapers reported changes in Queensland’s public sector information (PSI) policy to identify whether stories on PSI policy were reframed over time. At a quantitative level, the text analytics software Leximancer was used to identify key concepts, issues and trends in 786 relevant articles from national, metropolitan and regional newspapers. At a qualitative level, discourse analysis was used to identify key themes and patterns from the newspaper articles. Both qualitative and quantitative shifts in the media reporting of Right to Information (RTI) and FOI were revealed across three time periods representing the periods before, during and after the reform implementation. The findings offer insights into the role of newspapers in policy diffusion, revealing how Queensland media reports framed the shift in PSI policy from pull model FOI to push model RTI.
Relationship Standards and Satisfaction in Chinese, Western, and Intercultural Chinese–Western Couples in Australia
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 13-04-2015
Abstract: This study compared the endorsement of Chinese and Western relationship standards by Chinese, Western, and intercultural Chinese–Western couples. All couples were living in Australia. Couples’ relationship standards differed in line with predictions. Western couples rated intimacy and the demonstration of love and caring (assessed by the Couple Bond scale) as more important for a successful couple relationship than Chinese couples. Chinese couples rated relations with the extended family, relational harmony, face maintenance, and traditional gender roles (assessed by the Family Responsibility scale) as more important than Western couples. Intercultural couples endorsed the standards to an extent that was intermediate between the Chinese and Western couples. Cultural differences were smaller on Couple Bond standards (small to medium effects) than on Family Responsibility standards (medium to large effects). Almost all cultural combinations of partners shared greater similarity on Couple Bond and Family Responsibility standards than would be expected by chance, with the notable exception that Chinese women’s standards were less similar to their male partner’s standards than was the case for Western women. Across cultural combinations of partners, high endorsement of Couple Bond standards, low endorsement of Family Responsibility standards, and high agreement between partners on both standards predicted high relationship satisfaction. Our results suggest that partner selection and convergence on relationship standards are important avenues for future research.
20. Cross-cultural adaptation: An identity approach
Publisher: De Gruyter
Date: 10-04-2017
Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 19-06-2020
Abstract: This article argues for the importance of defining poverty from the perspective of those who experience poverty. How poverty is defined and operationalised is critical to policy and academic debates, as this is intertwined with explanations, causes, and possible solutions. Yet current definitions are typically provided by the ‘non-poor’. What we lack is knowledge of whether these definitions of the concept are similar to or different from those understood and conceptualised by those experiencing poverty. Australian poverty research has typically relied on panel data, administrative data, or surveys to construct and define ‘poverty’. We propose that Australian poverty scholars embrace phenomenology as a way to highlight the voices of those experiencing poverty.
Recognising cultural capital through shared meaning-making in cross-cultural partnership practices
Publisher: McMaster University Library
Date: 10-05-2022
Abstract: There are growing scholarly conversations about involving culturally and linguistically erse students in learner-teacher partnership practices—practices that can pave pathways toward greater inclusion in higher education. Theorising power and identity through the lens of culture invites recognition of differing ways of knowing, being, and doing that shape learner-teacher interactions in higher education. In this conceptual article, we offer a framework to further efforts of redistributing power through intercultural partnership praxis. Two vignettes drawing on lived experience of being in a cross-cultural learner-teacher partnership project are employed to reveal the theory-practice possibilities. We argue that the careful, critical attention on the role culture plays in the relational work of learner-teacher partnership advances more culturally responsive pedagogical collaborations in higher education. In doing so, partnership praxis moves closer toward recognition of cultural capital and redistribution of power for learners and teachers engaging in cross-cultural pedagogical partnership.
The Dynamics of Acculturation Among Older Immigrants in Australia
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2020
Abstract: This study explores different acculturation pathways that older immigrants follow, and the social/cultural identities they claim (or do not claim), as they live and age in Australia. Data were collected from 29 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with older immigrants (65+ years) from nine cultural backgrounds. We used participants’ self-defined cultural identity to explore how these cultural identities were enacted in different contexts. Mapping self-defined cultural identity with narratives about what participants do in relation to ethnic and host cultures, we found three dynamic acculturation pathways: (a) identifying with the ethnic culture while embracing aspects of Australian culture, (b) identifying with Australian culture while participating in the ethnic culture, and (c) identifying with both cultures while maintaining the way of life of the ethnic culture. These pathways show that acculturation strategies are not necessarily consistent with self-defined identity, within the same in idual or over time. Rather, the participants’ narratives suggest that their life in the settlement country involves ongoing negotiation across people, culture, and relationships. The findings highlight the importance for acculturation research to be situated in the context in which immigrants find themselves, to capture the nuances of these dynamic acculturation experiences.
Living with others: Mapping the routes to acculturation in a multicultural society
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2007
Migration and Aging
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 2015
Integrating intercultural communication and cross-cultural psychology: Theoretical and pedagogical implications
Publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries
Date: 08-2014
An examination of the effects of print media exposure and contact on subjective social reality and acculturation attitudes
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2006
Cultures within Culture: Unity and Diversity of Two Generations of Employees in State-Owned Enterprises
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 04-2003
DOI: 10.1177/0018726703056004001
Abstract: This study adopts integration and differentiation perspectives to examine why unity and ersity of organizational cultures emerged as a function of economic reform, and how subcultural differences were reflected in employees' perceptions of cultural practices. Data were gathered from in-depth interviews and a large-scale survey in two large, state-owned enterprises in north-east China. Results indicated that, although all employees were oriented towards a common set of cultural themes, the two generations of employees did not exemplify the themes in the same way. Specifically, unity was illustrated by employees' desire to maintain Harmony and to reduce Inequality. Diversity was revealed by first-generation employees' higher ratings on Loyalty, Security and even Bureaucracy. The findings are discussed in the light of traditional Chinese cultural values, political ideology and the social context. Implications are drawn for organizational cultural theory and research.
Ageing well in a foreign land as a process of successful social identity change
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2018
Acting Australian and being Chinese: Integration of ethnic Chinese business people
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2011
Self-Stigma, Perceived Stigma, and Help-Seeking Communication in People with Mental Illness
Publisher: University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Date: 03-02-2014
DOI: 10.5130/PORTAL.V11I1.3295
Abstract: People with mental illness (PWMI) often internalise negative beliefs (self-stigma) or anticipate external sources of stigma (perceived stigma). This study examines how the two types of stigma affect the willingness to communicate for help – such communication is a vital aspect of good patient care and treatment outcome. Seventy-two participants from different ethnic backgrounds who had experienced mental illness responded to an online survey about their level of agreement with statements reflecting self- and perceived stigma and their willingness to disclose to various help sources. Face-to-face interviews with 17 of these respondents provided a deeper understanding of how stigma affected their help-seeking communication. The quantitative results seemed to suggest that self-stigma has a stronger negative correlation with willingness to seek help. Respondents preferred disclosing to friends above family members and health professionals. The results highlight the importance of building resilience to reduce self-stigma and thereby increase help seeking. Given the different ethnic backgrounds of the participants, there emerged some multicultural issues that would seem to contribute to persisting mental illness stigma. These and any cultural differences are discussed.
Home is Where the Heart is: Identity and Belonging Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Australia
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-11-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S12124-021-09664-2
Abstract: The concept of home encompasses relationships people develop with the physical, familial, social, and cultural environments in which they are embedded. It is through navigating these relationships that immigrants negotiate their identity and belonging in the settlement country. Yet, a significant gap exists in the current knowledge of the process through which a sense of home is created and experienced by immigrants as they undergo acculturation. This conceptual paper addresses this knowledge gap by elucidating the process through which they develop identity and belonging in a foreign land through constructing a sense of home. Drawing on environmental gerontology as a primary framework and incorporating acculturation theories as well as evidence from previous research, this paper shows how older Chinese immigrants build a sense of home through decorating their houses with culturally meaningful objects, growing culturally reminiscent plants, and maintaining intergenerational relations and social networks in Australia. This paper argues that immigrants' sense of home is always in-between cultures, regardless of how long they have lived outside their homeland, because home is where the heart is. Building a sense of home in a foreign land therefore involves continuing reintegration of people and place in both the old country of origin and the new country of settlement.
Ethical leadership
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Date: 19-01-2018
Abstract: Mainstream ethical leadership studies largely adopt Brown, Trevino, and Harrison’s (2005) conceptualization and operationalization. Ethical leadership has been found to predict positive in idual and organizational outcomes. An examination of the mainstream literature reveals several weaknesses that include the lack of a well-developed theoretical framework, the marginalized role of communication in leadership processes, and a low correspondence between conceptualization and operationalization. In addition to these weaknesses, Chinese ethical leadership studies meet additional challenges regarding the relative impacts of universality and cultural specificity. The Chinese literature consists of empirical research adopting the mainstream Western ethical leadership construct, point-of-view articles stressing Chinese cultural roots, and research considering both universal and cultural characteristics. This paper argues that future development in Chinese ethical leadership research can begin by conceiving a construct model that denotes communication as a key leadership behavior, explicates the relative importance of universal versus cultural influences, and defines key cultural components.
Intercultural Communication Study in Australia
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 13-12-2017
DOI: 10.1002/9781118783665.IEICC0078
Abstract: This entry reviews theories and research that have significantly contributed to the development of intercultural communication study in Australia. Fundamental to this interdisciplinary field are social psychology and language communication. Key research areas are intergroup and interethnic relations, intercultural competence, communication between immigrants and host nationals, media representation, and communication between indigenous and nonindigenous Australians. Within each research stream, there are subareas of study. Methodologically, quantitative and qualitative approaches are used, as reflected in the work by Australian researchers and projects hosted by research centers in Australian universities.
Identity, Bicultural and Multicultural
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 13-12-2017
DOI: 10.1002/9781118783665.IEICC0034
Abstract: This entry reviews theories and research on bicultural and multicultural identities. Globally, a sizable population lives in bicultural or multicultural environments. However, research on the relationship between exposure to bicultural or multicultural environments and identity formation has yielded inconsistent findings. Some studies relate multicultural exposure to identity confusion whereas other studies argue that mixed cultural affiliations are conducive to developing intercultural competence. The entry emphasizes that cultural identity is not given and fixed, but rather, it is constantly negotiated and reconstructed.
The Role of Behavioral, Normative, and Control Beliefs in the Consumption of Australian Products and Services by Chinese Consumers
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-2010
DOI: 10.1016/J.AUSMJ.2010.07.001
Abstract: This study reports an application of the theory of planned behavior as a framework to investigate how beliefs influence purchase decisions of Chinese consumers. Data were obtained from an online survey ( N = 2002) that assessed respondents’ behavioral, normative, and control beliefs in relation to their intentions to purchase Australian products and/or services. The multivariate analysis revealed significant difference in beliefs of people who intended to purchase Australian products and/or services compared to people who did not intend to purchase them. Purchase intentions were associated with a favorable cost-benefit analysis, greater perceptions of normative support for the behavior, and lower perceptions of the extent to which barriers would impede performance of the behavior. Implications for theory and marketing practice are discussed.
Through the Lenses of Culture
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 30-11-2010
Abstract: This study examines the influence of culture on Chinese consumers’ intentions to purchase Australian products. Data were obtained from an online survey completed by 3,171 respondents across 20 cities in China. Results indicate that ingroup influence, product perception, but not marketing efforts have a significant main effect on purchase intentions. In addition, ingroup influence moderates the effects of product perception and marketing efforts on intentions. When ingroup influence is low, product perception has a greater impact on purchase intention than when ingroup influence is high. Similarly, marketing efforts have a greater impact on purchase intention when ingroup influence is low than when it is high. In addition, self-identity as a consumer of imported products also moderates the strength of association between product perception and purchase intention. When self-identity is low, product perception has a greater impact on purchase intention than when self-identity is high. Implications of the findings for theory and practice, in the context of trade between an in idualistic culture like Australia and a collectivistic one like China, are discussed.
Engaging students as partners in intercultural partnership practices: a scoping review
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-02-2023
Communication and relationship satisfaction in Chinese, western, and intercultural Chinese-western couples
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1037/FAM0000144
Abstract: The current study compared Chinese, Western, and intercultural Chinese-Western couples' communication and examined how culture moderates the association of communication with relationship satisfaction. We coded the communication of 33 Western couples, 36 Chinese couples, and 54 intercultural Chinese-Western couples when discussing a relationship problem and when reminiscing about positive relationship events. Couples with Chinese female partners showed fewer positive behaviors and more negative behaviors (as classified in existing Western coding systems) than couples with Western female partners. The male partner's culture had few associations with couples' rates of communication behavior. Relationship satisfaction was associated with low rates of negative behaviors and high rates of most of the positive behaviors across cultural groups, and these associations were more evident in problem discussions than positive reminiscences.
Intergroup Communication: Asia/Australasia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 22-08-2017
DOI: 10.1093/ACREFORE/9780190228613.013.384
Abstract: Located in the Asia Pacific region, Asia and Australasia have established a long and close relationship over the past centuries. Asian immigrants play a key role in the development and maintenance of this relationship between the two continents. As Australia not only occupies 86% of the Australasia region but also has a long history of receiving Asian immigrants, dating back to the 18th century, research on intergroup communication between Asian immigrants and host nationals tends to be concentrated in Australia. Under the early White Australia Policy , restrictions on Asian immigrants were imposed to protect the White Australia. This reflected the values and attitudes at the time when many Australians considered Asia as a threat and defined themselves as separate from it. Since the removal of this policy in 1973, particularly in the past four decades, there has been a substantial boom of Asian immigration to Australia. They transformed Australia’s economy, society, culture, and more importantly, Australians’ attitudes toward Asia and Asians. Asian immigrants are therefore central to the study of intergroup communication in Australasia.
Searching for a sense of place: Identity negotiation of Chinese immigrants
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2015
Constructing a sense of home: Older Chinese migrants ageing in a foreign land
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-06-2021
Abstract: This article explores the meaning of home to older Chinese migrants and what they do to construct a sense of home as they live and age in Australia. We conducted in-depth interviews with 20 older Chinese migrants (80 per cent aged 60+), who were born in mainland China and Hong Kong. Unlike the traditional interview method, we asked each participant to provide two photographs, which signified the concept of home to them and used these as visual elicitations for interviews. The findings from an inductive thematic analysis of the data show that the location of their adult children, home gardens, and cultural objects play a significant role in giving the participants a feeling of home in Australia. The study highlights that ageing in a foreign land involves older migrants’ continuous (re)integration of people and places in both the old country of origin and the new country of resettlement.
Rethinking intercultural competence: Global and local nexus
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2012
The Chinese–Western Intercultural Couple Standards Scale.
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Date: 09-2015
DOI: 10.1037/PAS0000090
Abstract: We developed the Chinese-Western Intercultural Couple Standards Scale (CWICSS) to assess relationship standards that may differ between Chinese and Western partners and may challenge intercultural couples. The scale assesses 4 Western-derived relationship standards (demonstrations of love, demonstrations of caring, intimacy expression, and intimacy responsiveness) and 4 Chinese-derived relationship standards (relations with the extended family, relational harmony, face, and gender roles). We administered the CWICSS to 983 Chinese and Western participants living in Australia to assess the psychometric properties of the scores as measures of respondents' relationship standards. The CWICSS has a 2-level factor structure with the items reflecting the 8 predicted standards. The 4 Western derived standards loaded onto a higher order factor of couple bond, and the 4 Chinese derived standards loaded onto a higher order factor of family responsibility. The scale scores were structurally equivalent across cultures, genders, and 2 independent s les, and good convergent and discriminant validity was found for the interpretation of scale scores as respondents' endorsement of the predicted standards. Scores on the 8 scales and 2 superordinate scales showed high internal consistency and test-retest coefficients. Chinese endorsed all 4 family responsibility standards more strongly than did Westerners, but Chinese and Western participants were similar in endorsement of couple bond standards. Across both cultures, couple bond standards were endorsed more highly than were family responsibility standards. The CWICSS assesses potential areas of conflict in Chinese-Western relationships.
Ethnic visibility and preferred acculturation orientations of international students
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2014
Learning intercultural communication through group work oriented to the world beyond the classroom
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-2012
Contributors to social well-being from the perspective of older migrants in Australia
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-07-2021
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