Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2012
Publication Title
Management Communication Quarterly
Abstract
In spite of immigrants’ growing role in the workforce of the United States and other developed countries, organizational communication research about the experience of immigrant employees in the host culture is still very limited. Drawing on the bidimensional acculturation theory, the purpose of this study was to investigate the association of acculturation of immigrant employees with three types of workplace relationships: leader–member exchange (LMX), coworker, and mentoring relationship. Based on a survey of immigrant employees in a U.S. Midwestern city, the study reveals that the two dimensions of acculturation, adjustment to one’s host culture and retention of one’s original culture, are differentially related to the three types of workplace relationships. Both theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed in the study.
DOI
10.1177/0893318912440178
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
Guowei Jian, Does Culture Matter? An Examination of the Association: An Examination of the Association of Immigrants’ Acculturation with Workplace Relationship Quality. Management Communication Quality (Volume 26, Issue 2) pp. 295-321. Copyright © 2012 by the Author. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications, Inc.
Recommended Citation
Jian, G. (2012). Does culture matter? An examination of the association of immigrants’ acculturation with workplace relationship quality. Management Communication Quarterly, 26(2), 295-321. doi:10.1177/0893318912440178
Volume
26
Issue
2
Included in
International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons
