Acculturation strategy and its impact on job satisfaction: the case of professional Chinese immigrants in the Australian workplace

Ying Lu; Ramanie Samaratunge; Charmine Härtel

Acculturation strategy and its impact on job satisfaction: the case of professional Chinese immigrants in the Australian workplace

Ying Lu, Ramanie Samaratunge, Charmine Härtel

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Abstract

This study tested the individual differences of professional Chinese immigrants' (PCIs) attitudes toward acculturation strategies, and explored the effects of these strategies on job satisfaction. Based on Berry’s seminal work on the acculturation process, the study recruited 214 PCIs in the Australian workplace to complete the questionnaires. Results of cluster analysis revealed that the PCIs have a predominant preference to maintain their home culture, with most of them adopting Separation strategy and Integration strategy. Furthermore, results supported the relationship between acculturation strategies and job satisfaction: PCIs adopted the Assimilation strategy have the highest level of job satisfaction and Separation as the lowest. The paper also presents directions for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 24th ANZAM Conference
Subtitle of host publication	managing for unknowable futures
Editors	Bruce Gurd
Publisher	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
Pages	1-16
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	1877040827
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (24th : 2010) - Adelaide Duration: 8 Dec 2010 → 10 Dec 2010

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Conference	Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (24th : 2010)
City	Adelaide
Period	8/12/10 → 10/12/10

Keywords

Chinese immigrants
professionals
Australia
acculturation
job satisfaction

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Lu, Y, Samaratunge, R & Härtel, C 2010, Acculturation strategy and its impact on job satisfaction: the case of professional Chinese immigrants in the Australian workplace. in B Gurd (ed.), Proceedings of the 24th ANZAM Conference: managing for unknowable futures. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-16, Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (24th : 2010), Adelaide, 8/12/10.

Acculturation strategy and its impact on job satisfaction : the case of professional Chinese immigrants in the Australian workplace. / Lu, Ying; Samaratunge, Ramanie; Härtel, Charmine.

Proceedings of the 24th ANZAM Conference: managing for unknowable futures. ed. / Bruce Gurd. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 2010. p. 1-16.

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