Reconsidering the Active Psychological Ingredients Underlying Intercultural Adaptation: Implications for International Business.

ABSTRACT: A major issue facing many businesses today, both large and small, concerns intercultural adaptation, and more broadly, diversity. Many businesses struggle with their employees sent to different countries and cultures to adapt effectively in host cultures, as well as for their home culture employees to adapt effectively to changing environments brought on by visitors from other cultures and other sources of diversity. To address this issue, many tests and measures have been developed to identify the core psychological skills, competencies, and aptitudes underlying intercultural adaptation. Elucidation of such skills and competencies would have multiple theoretical and practical ramifications. A recent review of this literature indicated that three tests - the Multicultural Personality Quest

SUBMITTER: Matsumoto D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7541697 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature