Are people really strange when you’re a stranger? A longitudinal study of the effect of intergroup contact on host-country identification


Waßmuth, Nina ; Edinger-Schons, Laura Marie


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2018.10.002
URL: https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/46594
Weitere URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/...
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-465941
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe: International Journal of Intercultural Relations : IJIR
Band/Volume: 67
Seitenbereich: 58-70
Ort der Veröffentlichung: Amsterdam [u.a.]
Verlag: Elsevier
ISSN: 0147-1767
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Sustainable Business (Edinger-Schons 2015-2022)
Fachgebiet: 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): Intergroup contact , Host-country identification , Cultural-identity change , Studying abroad
Abstract: Due to the ever-increasing trend in globalization and the importance of gaining international experience, the number of students seeking academic and cultural experiences abroad continues to grow every year. The present study longitudinally examines contact with host-nationals, changes in cultural identity, and sojourners’ identification with their host country. To that end, four waves of data (n = 157–198) were collected among German students who spent a semester abroad in Indonesia. Over time, these students had more contact with host-nationals and experienced changes in their cultural identity. Lagged structural equation models reveal that contact with host-nationals was positively related to identification with the host country and that this relationship was mediated by changes in individuals’ cultural identity. Host-country identification was, in turn, related to students’ overall satisfaction with their stay abroad. This study underscores the importance of engaging in contact with locals when staying in a foreign country and contributes to literature by investigating the role of cultural-identity change as an underlying mechanism in the relationship between intergroup contact and host-country identification.




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