Proactive personality and cross-cultural adjustment: Roles of social media usage and cultural intelligence

被引:62
作者
Hu, Shangui [1 ]
Liu, Hefu [2 ]
Zhang, Shuqin [2 ]
Wang, Guoyin [3 ]
机构
[1] Anhui Univ Technol, Sch Publ Adm & Law, Maanshan, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Management, Hefei, Peoples R China
[3] Anhui Univ Technol, Sch Business, Maanshan, Peoples R China
关键词
Cross-cultural adjustment; Cultural intelligence; Proactive personality; Social media usage; BIG; 5; PERSONALITY; ENVIRONMENT FIT; INFORMATION OVERLOAD; INTERNATIONAL ADJUSTMENT; EXPATRIATE ADJUSTMENT; EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY; GOAL ORIENTATION; SELF-ESTEEM; PERFORMANCE; EXPERIENCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.10.002
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Proactive personality has been theoretically defined as a natural disposition that determines the manner in which an individual responds to social environmental changes. However, in cross-cultural context, knowledge about the role of proactive personality and its boundary conditions in expatriate cross-cultural adjustment remains limited. To address the gaps, this study aims to investigate whether and how proactive personality accounts for variance phenomena in expatriate cross-cultural adjustment with intervention of boundary conditions. A survey was conducted in three public universities in China, and 247 informative responses were obtained for hypothesis testing analysis. Results reveal that proactive personality contributes to expatriate cross-cultural adjustment. This contribution occurs through the conduit of cultural intelligence (CQ). CQ partially mediates the relationship between proactive personality and academic adjustment but fully mediates that between proactive personality and social adjustment. Moreover, social media usage for gathering information negatively influences the relationship between proactive personality and CQ. Implications and future research directions are discussed as well.
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页数:16
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