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Triandis, Harry C. Bhawuk, Dharm P.S. 2011-05-07T13:56:29Z 2011-05-07T13:56:29Z 10000-01-01 1995 To examine the role of culture theory in cross-cultural training, a culture theory-based assimilator using the theory of individualism and collectivism was developed and tested. Results show that the theory-based assimilator can be an effective cross-cultural training tool. The comparative evaluation of three types of cross-cultural training tools, a culture-specific assimilator for Japan, a culture-general assimilator for sensitizing people to cultural differences, the individualism and collectivism assimilator (ICA), and a control group, indicated that the theory-based assimilator is effective. Compared to the other three groups, ICA was found to have significant effect on the Intercultural Sensitivity Inventory (ICSI). In addition, the ICA was significantly more effective on the category width scale compared to both the culture-specific and the culture-general assimilators. On the attribution making tendencies, ICA was significantly more effective compared to the culture-specific assimilator, whereas on reaction measures it was significantly more effective compared to the control group only. The findings indicate that the ICA may have significant advantages over the other assimilators. Future research should focus on testing the results of this study on other samples, especially a managerial one. Other ways of using culture theory in cross-cultural training should also be explored. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:56:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9624287.pdf: 12830046 bytes, checksum: e7c7c510f2c68079e4bb4c42a07318c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1995 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T15:01:03Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:28:56-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9624287 (UMI)AAI9624287 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/22937 eng Copyright 1995 Bhawuk, Dharm P. S. Education, Bilingual and Multicultural Psychology, Social Business Administration, Management The role of culture theory in cross-cultural training: A comparative evaluation of culture-specific, culture-general, and theory-based assimilators text Labor and Employment Relations Labor and Employment Relations University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.