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Is “Putting Yourself in Their Shoes” Beneficial in a Multicultural Environment?

In: Sharing Economy Platforms

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  • Weisha Wang

    (Southampton University)

  • Ibrahim Abosag

    (SOAS, University of London
    Alfaisal University)

Abstract

The rising rates of immigration and globalization have created many multicultural societies, where individuals identify with more than one culture. Drawing on the perspective-taking theory, this research investigates the effects of perspective-taking on the perceived compatibilities of two cultural identities captured by Bicultural Identity Integration (BII). One experiment was conducted using Chinese participants to examine the relationship between perspective-taking and BII and to explore the moderating role of acculturation type (immigration-based vs. technology-mediated). The findings suggest that the perspective-taking positively influences one’s level of BII and the acculturation group moderates such effect. In particular, individuals experiencing technology-mediated acculturation reported a positive relationship between perspective-taking and the level of BII. Such a relationship is not evident among those who acculturate as a result of immigration.

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  • Weisha Wang & Ibrahim Abosag, 2024. "Is “Putting Yourself in Their Shoes” Beneficial in a Multicultural Environment?," Springer Books, in: Ruizhi Yuan & Martin J. Liu (ed.), Sharing Economy Platforms, chapter 0, pages 113-131, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-97-5404-5_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-5404-5_10
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