Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Open Access Thesis
Keywords
Toleration--Testing; Americans--Sierra Leone--Attitudes; Noncitizens--Attitudes; Americans--Attitudes; Public opinion; Sierra Leone--Public opinion; Sierra Leone; Academic theses;
Abstract
Increasing globalization has resulted in many United States citizens going overseas to work in places like Sierra Leone. Employment of expatriates to fill international position is becoming very common. Employees going overseas face a lot of challenges trying to adapt to conditions such as language, terrain, and political structure in a foreign land. Because of these demands, many expatriates fail to adjust, resulting in substantial cost to organizations. This study addresses this issue by developing a Cultural Tolerance Scale based on realistic hypothetical situations expatriates face in a foreign country. Using Sierra Leone as the country of interest, realistic hypothetical situations measuring a person's self-report attitude (affect, belief, intention) will be a predictive tool in selecting people likely to succeed from those who are not. The results of this study showed that persons who score high in the affect component of the scale viewed the customs and norms in Sierra Leone as pleasing. Persons scoring high on the belief component viewed the customs and social norms in Sierra Leone as positive and rational. Persons scoring high on the intention component were more likely to conform to the customs and norms in Sierra Leone.
Year of Submission
2010
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Michael Gasser
Second Advisor
Adam Butler
Third Advisor
Michael Licari
Date Original
2010
Object Description
1 PDF file (73 leaves)
Copyright
©2010 Sahid Anthony Kamara
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kamara, Sahid Anthony, "Cultural Tolerance of Sierra Leone by United States Expatriates" (2010). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 3110.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/3110
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