Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Department of Public Health Sciences, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Florida, USA.
Scand J Psychol. 2021 Oct;62(5):725-734. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12760. Epub 2021 Jun 28.
In contemporary globalized societies, the number of foreign workers is increasing, resulting in greater intercultural contact and adaptation. Foreign workers apply their cultural intelligence when adapting to and working in multicultural environments, resulting in affiliations with both their cultural heritage and their destination cultural stream. We examined foreign workers' (N = 264) intercultural adaptation in the globalized context of Denmark. We found that cultural intelligence was directly and positively linked with adaptable work performance. Furthermore, cultural intelligence was indirectly and negatively associated with sociocultural adaptation difficulties through endorsement of Danish culture. Likewise, perceived negative context of reception was indirectly and positively associated with sociocultural adaptation difficulties through low endorsement of Danish culture. Additionally, perceived stress predicted adaptable work performance, whereas perceived context of reception and sociocultural adaptation difficulties did not. Overall, our results suggest involvement in the destination culture as a culturally intelligent way of applying one's cultural capabilities, suggesting that the perceived context of reception is of great importance for helping foreign workers adapt to their destination cultural environments.
在当代全球化社会中，外国工人的数量不断增加，这导致了更多的跨文化接触和适应。外国工人在适应和在多元文化环境中工作时运用他们的文化智力，从而与他们的文化传统和目的地文化流建立联系。我们考察了丹麦全球化背景下外国工人的跨文化适应情况。我们发现，文化智力与适应性工作绩效直接且呈正相关。此外，文化智力通过对丹麦文化的认可与社会文化适应困难呈间接负相关。同样，感知到的负面接待环境通过对丹麦文化的低度认可与社会文化适应困难呈间接正相关。此外，感知到的压力预测了适应性工作绩效，而感知到的接待环境和社会文化适应困难则没有。总的来说，我们的研究结果表明，参与目的地文化是一种具有文化智慧的方式，可以应用一个人的文化能力，这表明感知到的接待环境对帮助外国工人适应目的地文化环境非常重要。
