Cross-cultural value mismatch in German day care institutions: Perspectives of migrant parents and day care teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 72-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Bossong ◽  
Heidi Keller
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Day Care Teachers ◽  
Migrant Parents

scholarly journals People Empowerment: An Approach towards Indigenous Early Childhood Curriculum

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Geraldine D. Villaluz, RSCJ
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Day Care ◽  
School Of Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Day Care Teachers ◽  
The University ◽  
San Carlos ◽  
University Of San Carlos

This paper is aimed at presenting an implemented community engagement of the University of San Carlos School of Education with the communities of Agusan del Sur, Philipines, in close partnership with the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation-IDC, (JPIC-IDC) Incorporated of Agusan del Sur as a response to a felt need in the early childhood education program of the province. In 2004, JPIC pooled together concerted resources from provincial and local government units, non-government organization and academe to create and develop a cul-ture-based curriculum guide for early childhood education that is appropriate and responsive to the needs of indigenous groups in Agusan del Sur, Southern Philippines. To address these needs, an ethnographic commu-nity engagement framework was utilized and initiated by JPIC-IDC team and the University Of San Carlos School Of Education. The community engagement framework facilitated the partnership of Agusan del Sur government leaders, a non-government organization in Germany, community cultural masters, Day Care Teachers and the University of San Carlos School of Education to create a developmentally appropriate and culture-based cur-riculum for Day Care with a supporting handbook for mother-teachers in early childhood education. As a result of this framework, children drop-out decreased from 80% to 10% while parent-community involvement in-creased from 30% to 90% in 2009 (JPIC-IDC, 2007). Ongoing teacher trainings and community orientations on the culture-based curriculum have been extended to 42 additional communities in 2012-2018 from 35 com-munities in 2007 upon request from the provincial governor. Two editions of a culture-based handbook have been published and a third edition is currently prepared for District 2 communities with guided participation by Day Care teachers as co-authors. This community engagement framework, initiated by the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation of Agusan del Sur Philippines involving all stakeholders from the provincial leaders to the recipients of early childhood education, serves as a model to community extension service programs (CES) of schools and universities as well as to curriculum practitioners and administrators. Three principles involved in this particular community engagement concretely demonstrate that program sustainability is a product of partnership, sensitivity to culture and context and relevance to community’s need.

Watch his deed or examine his words? Exploring the potential of the behavioral experiment method for collecting data to measure culture

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan W. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
International Management ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Behavioral Experiment ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Behavioral Experiments ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Experiment Method

Purpose To address three issues of survey-based methods (i.e. the absence of behaviors, the reference inequivalence, and the lack of cross-cultural interaction), the purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of using the behavioral experiment method to collect cross-cultural data as well as the possibility of measuring culture with the experimental data. Moreover, challenges to this method and possible solutions are elaborated for intriguing further discussion on the use of behavioral experiments in international business/international management (IB/IM) research. Design/methodology/approach This paper illustrates the merits and downside of the proposed method with an ultimate-game experiment conducted in a behavioral laboratory. The procedure of designing, implementing, and analyzing the behavioral experiment is delineated in detail. Findings The exploratory findings show that the ultimate-game experiment may observe participants’ behaviors with comparable references and allow for cross-cultural interaction. The findings also suggest that the fairness-related cultural value may be calibrated with the horizontal and vertical convergence of cross-cultural behaviors (i.e. people’s deed), and this calibration may be strengthened by incorporating complementary methods such as a background survey to include people’s words. Originality/value The behavioral experiment method illustrated and discussed in this study contributes to the IB/IM literature by addressing three methodological issues that are not widely recognized in the IB/IM literature.

Sex-role behaviors and personality traits of male day care teachers

Sex Roles ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 853-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan E. Robinson ◽  
Helen Canaday
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Day Care Teachers ◽  
Role Behaviors

Moderation of Doing and Mastery orientations in relationships among justice, commitment, and trust

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhou Jiang ◽  
Paul J. Gollan ◽  
Gordon Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Justice Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether and how two individual value orientations – Doing (the tendency to commit to goals and hold a strong work ethic) and Mastery (an orientation toward seeking control over outside forces) – moderate: the relationship between organizational justice and affective organizational commitment, and the mediation role of organizational trust in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected data from 706 employees working in 65 universities across China, South Korea, and Australia. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses were employed to examine the cross-cultural equivalence of the measures. Hierarchical regressions were performed to test moderating effects of the two cultural value orientations. Findings – Results from the full sample showed that Doing and Mastery moderated the distributive justice-commitment relationship and the procedural justice-trust relationship. Comparisons between countries demonstrated limited cross-cultural differences. Practical implications – The present study adds to the understanding of the impact of individual and cultural differences on the relationship between justice and commitment, helping managers understand how employees’ reactions to justice are influenced by cultural value orientations. Originality/value – This study is a pioneer in empirically integrating the value orientation framework (e.g. Doing and Mastery orientations) and justice research in a cross-cultural context based in the Asia Pacific region. It also advances cross-cultural justice research through using a mediation-moderation combination.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural perspective on sustainable consumption: implications for consumer motivations and promotion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saleem Ur Rahman ◽  
Agnieszka Chwialkowska ◽  
Nazim Hussain ◽  
Waheed Akbar Bhatti ◽  
Harri Luomala
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Advertising Appeals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
Different Cultures

AbstractFirms in the past have based their marketing and promotion strategies on the assumption of infinite resources and zero environmental impact. With the growing importance of environmental costs associated with finite resources, firms need to revisit their marketing and promotion strategies. This study defines and conceptualizes horizontal/vertical individualism–collectivism (H/V I-C) cultural value orientations as antecedents of sustainable consumption. Drawing on H/V I-C value orientations, this study attempts to build a sustainable consumption model to better understand how horizontal/vertical individualism–collectivism cultural values are reflected in consumers’ sustainable consumption motives and how they can be translated into persuasive advertising appeals tailored to specific cultural segments. This study contributes to provide new theoretical and managerial insights into understanding culturally relevant sustainable consumption motives and to establish appropriate strategies of sustainable consumption promotion in cross-cultural contexts. Most importantly, this study provides implications to companies for balancing more carefully their growth goals with the need to pursue sustainability across different cultures.

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