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Personal values and intended self-presentation during job interviews: a cross-cultural comparison
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
This study examined the impact of personal values on intended selfpresentation during job interviews among German, Ghanaian, Norwegian, and Turkish students (total N = 1,474). We also sought to explain cultural differences ...
Adverse acculturation conditions and well-being of mine employees in the North-West Province
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2011)
The frequency of intercultural contact in the South African workplace has increased after 1994. We investigated relations between adverse acculturation conditions, separation and well-being in Black and White miners. We ...
Traveling with congnitive tests: Testing the validity of a KABC-II adaptation in India
(Sage Publication, 2010)
The authors evaluated the adequacy of an extensive adaptation of the American Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, second edition (KABC-II), for 6- to 10-year-old Kannada-speaking children of low socioeconomic status ...
Indonesian leadership styles: a mixed-methods approach
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Indonesian leadership characteristics were examined in three studies, using mixed methods. In the first, qualitative study 127 indigenous characteristics of Indonesian leadership were identified from interviews and focus ...
Entering our fifth decade: An analysis of the influence of the journal of cross-cultural psychology during its first forty years of publication
(Sage, 2010)
The role of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JCCP) over the past 40 years in enhancing attention to cultural issues within psychology is discussed. Analyses are presented showing frequencies over the past decade ...
Rugby versus Soccer in South Africa: Content familiarity contributes to cross-cultural differences in cognitive test scores
(Elsevier, 2010)
In this study, cross-cultural differences in cognitive test scores are hypothesized to depend on a test's cultural complexity (Cultural Complexity Hypothesis: CCH), here conceptualized as its content familiarity, rather ...
Burnout and work engagement of academics in higher education institutions: effects of dispositional optimism
(Wiley, 2014)
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among dispositional optimism, job demands and resources, burnout, work engagement, ill health and organizational commitment of South African academic staff in ...
Children at risk for developmental delay can be recognised by stunting, being underweight, ill health, little maternal schooling or high gravidity
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
Aims: To investigate markers of risk status that can be easily monitored in resource-limited settings for the identification of children in need of early developmental intervention. Methods: Eighty-five children in Kilifi, ...
Personal values and crew compatibility: results from a 105 days simulated space mission
(Elsevier, 2011)
On a mission to Mars the crew will experience high autonomy and inter-dependence. “Groupthink”, known as a tendency to strive for consensus at the cost of considering alternative courses of action, represents a potential ...
A historical analysis of the European journal of psychological assessment: A comparison of the earliest (1992-1996) and the latest years (2005-2009)
(Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2010)
We conducted a historical analysis of the articles published in the first (1992-1996) and last 5 years (2005-2009) of the European Journal of Psychological Assessment (EJPA), mainly on the basis of an analysis of abstracts ...