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mental health concerns.
5103 ORAL
Industrial/organizational psychology
Chair: Marise Philippine Born, Netherlands
5103.1 Cultural interaction and human resource & knowledge development, Jianzhong Hong 1 ,
Lehua Cheng 2 , 1 Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, 2 Zhongshan University, China
In the light of the cultural-historical activity theory, based on our empirical studies of a Chinese
industrial corporation and several Sino-foreign joint ventures, this paper explores the role of
cultural interaction in human resource and knowledge development in China's new economic
order. The analytical focuses of the paper will be on 1) the formation of work motivation; 2) new
ways of workplace learning and problem solving; and 3) changing principles and patterns of
communication. Both theoretical and practical implications of this analysis on the concerned topic
will be discussed and suggested.
5103.2 Expatriate jobs: Perceived importance and universal relevance of required competencies,
Marise Philippine Born 1 , Stefan Thomas Mol 1 , Tamar Kaduri-Zijlstra 2 , Madde Elisabeth
Willemsen 3 , 1 Institute of Psychology, FSW, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands,
2 3
The Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, GITP International BV, Nijmegen, The
Netherlands
This study examines the perceived importance of 58 required competencies for expatriate jobs by
52 expatriate job incumbents. Evidence was found for agreement on the relative importance of
different competencies. Among the most important were Communication, Stress Tolerance, and
Integrity. It is remarkable that explicitly interculturally labeled competencies, e.g., Dealing with
Intercultural Differences, were not among the most important. The relationship between universal
relevance and perceived importance overall was found to be only weak. Results are compared to
domestic ratings of importance of managerial competencies, and to Schwartz and Badi's (2001)
universal value hierarchy.
5103.3 Overseas exchange experience: Its impact on tertiary students, Wing Sze Yuen, The
Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong (Dept of Psychology, Graduate School), China
A common practice for undergraduates in Hong Kong is going abroad for up to a year on either a
study exchange or on an international internship before entering the workforce. The present study
aims at exploring the pre- and post- program change of student over four outcomes, namely,
Cultural Cosmopolitanism, General Efficacy, Social Efficacy and Language Proficiency.
Meanwhile, fresh graduates who have gone for an overseas exchange program before were asked
retrospectively about their change after the program; their earlier career development was also
compared with a control group. Data analysis's in progress and complete results available in
March.
5103.4 Normative professional model of a civil servant, Alexey Yupitov, Oleg Bekasov,
Institute of governmental and municipal management at Higher School of Economics, Russian
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