The Influence of Tertiary Education Disciplines on Self-Construals and Conflict Management Tendencies
| Autor: | Chi-Ying Cheng, Sheila Xi Rui Wee, Wan Yee Choo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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conflict management style
Higher education media_common.quotation_subject tertiary education 050109 social psychology Affect (psychology) 050105 experimental psychology Style (sociolinguistics) Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences General Psychology media_common Original Research Self construal Singapore self-construal business.industry 05 social sciences Acculturation United States BF1-990 Interdependence Conflict management business Social psychology Discipline |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| Popis: | While cultural difference on self-construal are well-documented, how acculturation to a new cultural environment could change an individual’s self-construal remains under-explored. In this research, how tertiary education disciplines could be associated with the endorsement of self-construals which, in turn, affect students’ conflict management tendencies were explored. Study 1 revealed that across the United States and Singapore, college students from business and social science disciplines exhibited the trend of endorsing more independent and interdependent self-construal respectively, regardless of the different dominant self-construals in the two countries. Study 2 explored how tertiary education disciplines is associated with individuals’ conflict management tendencies via the endorsement of different self-construals among Singaporeans. Findings showed that individuals from business discipline possess a more independent self-construal and in turn endorsed more of a competing conflict management style than those from social sciences. Different disciplinary cultures could link to conflict management tendencies via the endorsement of self-construals, yielding significant theoretical and practical implications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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