Kulturalisering eller akulturalisering, anpassar svenskar sin arbetskultur till omgivningen
(2019) PSYK11 20182Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Skillnader i kultur mellan länder är sedan länge väldokumenterade (Hofstede, 1998). I en allt mer globaliserad värld där det blir vanligare att personer flyttar mellan länder har det blivit aktuellt att studera huruvida dessa personer “akulturaliseras” (Berry, 2003), alltså anpassar sig kulturellt, till sin nya hemmiljö. I denna studie undersöks huruvida personer från ett land som Hofstede (1998) kategoriserat som väldigt lågt på dimensionen ”maskulinitet” (Sverige) får mer ”maskulina” yrkesmål efter att ha arbetat en längre period i ett land som klassas som starkt maskulint (Storbritannien). 725 svenskar fick genomföra en enkät online som mätte inriktningen av agency (maskulinitet) och communion (femininitet) i yrkesmål. Nästan hälften av... (More)
- Skillnader i kultur mellan länder är sedan länge väldokumenterade (Hofstede, 1998). I en allt mer globaliserad värld där det blir vanligare att personer flyttar mellan länder har det blivit aktuellt att studera huruvida dessa personer “akulturaliseras” (Berry, 2003), alltså anpassar sig kulturellt, till sin nya hemmiljö. I denna studie undersöks huruvida personer från ett land som Hofstede (1998) kategoriserat som väldigt lågt på dimensionen ”maskulinitet” (Sverige) får mer ”maskulina” yrkesmål efter att ha arbetat en längre period i ett land som klassas som starkt maskulint (Storbritannien). 725 svenskar fick genomföra en enkät online som mätte inriktningen av agency (maskulinitet) och communion (femininitet) i yrkesmål. Nästan hälften av deltagarna (n = 347) hade erfarenhet av att arbeta i Storbritannien. Resultaten visade inga signifikanta skillnader i yrkesmål mellan svenskar som arbetat/arbetar i Storbritannien och svenskar som inte har gjort det. Resultaten visade dock att svenskar som arbetat i andra länder än Sverige och Storbritannien hade signifikanta lägre nivåer av communion. Resultatet visade även att män hade högre agencymål än kvinnor och kvinnor högre communionmål än män, i linje med könsstereotyperna. Att arbete i Storbritannien inte påverkade yrkesmålen kan eventuellt tolkas som att anpassningen till en ny kultur är svårare än trott. (Less)
- Abstract
- Differences in culture between countries have been well documented (Hofstede, 1998). But in an increasingly globalized world, where it becomes ever more common for people to move between countries, it has become more relevant to study whether these people "acculturise" (Berry, 2003), thus adapting culturally, to their new home environment. In this study, it is examined whether people from a country that Hofstede (1998) categorized as very low on the dimension "masculinity" (Sweden) receive more "masculine" professional goals after having worked for a longer period in a country that is classified as strongly masculine (United Kingdom). 725 Swedes conducted an online survey that measured their levels of agency (masculinity) and communion... (More)
- Differences in culture between countries have been well documented (Hofstede, 1998). But in an increasingly globalized world, where it becomes ever more common for people to move between countries, it has become more relevant to study whether these people "acculturise" (Berry, 2003), thus adapting culturally, to their new home environment. In this study, it is examined whether people from a country that Hofstede (1998) categorized as very low on the dimension "masculinity" (Sweden) receive more "masculine" professional goals after having worked for a longer period in a country that is classified as strongly masculine (United Kingdom). 725 Swedes conducted an online survey that measured their levels of agency (masculinity) and communion (femininity) in vocational goals. Almost half of the participants (n = 347) had experience of working in the UK. The results showed no significant differences in vocational goals between Swedes who are working or have been working in the UK and Swedes who have not. However, the results showed that Swedes who worked in countries other than Sweden and the UK had significantly lower levels of communion. The results also showed that men had higher agency goals than women and women had higher communion goals than men, in line with gender stereotypes. The fact that work in the UK did not affect the vocational goals may possibly be interpreted that adapting to a new culture is more difficult than imagined. (Less)
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- author
- Tegelström, Johanna LU and Häll Larsson, Niklas LU
- supervisor
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- Una Tellhed LU
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20182
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Culture, agency, communion, masculinity, femininity
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8967306
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- 2019-01-23 09:25:13
- date last changed
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abstract = {{Differences in culture between countries have been well documented (Hofstede, 1998). But in an increasingly globalized world, where it becomes ever more common for people to move between countries, it has become more relevant to study whether these people "acculturise" (Berry, 2003), thus adapting culturally, to their new home environment. In this study, it is examined whether people from a country that Hofstede (1998) categorized as very low on the dimension "masculinity" (Sweden) receive more "masculine" professional goals after having worked for a longer period in a country that is classified as strongly masculine (United Kingdom). 725 Swedes conducted an online survey that measured their levels of agency (masculinity) and communion (femininity) in vocational goals. Almost half of the participants (n = 347) had experience of working in the UK. The results showed no significant differences in vocational goals between Swedes who are working or have been working in the UK and Swedes who have not. However, the results showed that Swedes who worked in countries other than Sweden and the UK had significantly lower levels of communion. The results also showed that men had higher agency goals than women and women had higher communion goals than men, in line with gender stereotypes. The fact that work in the UK did not affect the vocational goals may possibly be interpreted that adapting to a new culture is more difficult than imagined.}},
author = {{Tegelström, Johanna and Häll Larsson, Niklas}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kulturalisering eller akulturalisering, anpassar svenskar sin arbetskultur till omgivningen}},
year = {{2019}},
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