{"id":17274,"date":"2016-06-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2016\/06\/19\/cultural-fit-a-new-perspective-on-personality-and-sojourner-adjustment\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T17:32:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:32:54","slug":"cultural-fit-a-new-perspective-on-personality-and-sojourner-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2016\/06\/19\/cultural-fit-a-new-perspective-on-personality-and-sojourner-adjustment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCultural fit\u201d: A new perspective on personality and sojourner adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17275\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/cultural-fit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/cultural-fit.jpg 480w, https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/08\/cultural-fit-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Down the Singapore River&#8221; from SRN&#8217;s SG Photobank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8216;\u201cCultural fit\u201d: A new perspective on personality and sojourner adjustment&#8217;, published in International Journal of Intercultural Relations (1997) is authored by Prof Colleen Ward, former faculty member, and Dr Weining Chang, Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>The study aims to investigate the influence of \u201ccultural fit\u201d on sojourner adjustment by surveying 139 American residents in Singapore. The survey included completing questionnaires that measured extraversion, depression, and socio-cultural adaptation. To assess \u201ccultural fit\u201d discrepancy scores were calculated on the absolute differences between subjects&#8217; extraversion scores and host culture norms.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0147176797000230\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;\u201cCultural fit\u201d: A new perspective on personality and sojourner adjustment&#8217;, published in International Journal of Intercultural Relations (1997) is authored by Prof Colleen Ward, former faculty member, and Dr Weining Chang, Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate School of Medicine. 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