A study on Singaporeans' perceptions of sexual harassment from a cross-cultural perspective'

PSYCH OpenIR > 中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010)

	A study on Singaporeans' perceptions of sexual harassment from a cross-cultural perspective'
	Li, S; Lee-Wong, SM ; S. Li
摘要	This paper addresses the question of whether culture and language in Singapore affect the interpretation of sexual harassment; that is, whether speakers from a different language and ethnic background will interpret the discourse domain of sexual harassment differently. Three studies constitute this research. The first study investigates whether certain cues relating to sexual harassment are judged equivalently across the ethnic groups. The second study examines how verbal space is conceptualized and ruled by the use of different languages used by different ethnic groups. The third study explores whether English, as a medium of communication, is a low-context language. Results show that different ethnic groups perceived the cues differently; that ethnicity affects the interpretation of a single English phrase; and that English as used by Singaporeans is a high-context language, which complicates the understanding of victims' coping responses.; This paper addresses the question of whether culture and language in Singapore affect the interpretation of sexual harassment; that is, whether speakers from a different language and ethnic background will interpret the discourse domain of sexual harassment differently. Three studies constitute this research. The first study investigates whether certain cues relating to sexual harassment are judged equivalently across the ethnic groups. The second study examines how verbal space is conceptualized and ruled by the use of different languages used by different ethnic groups. The third study explores whether English, as a medium of communication, is a low-context language. Results show that different ethnic groups perceived the cues differently; that ethnicity affects the interpretation of a single English phrase; and that English as used by Singaporeans is a high-context language, which complicates the understanding of victims' coping responses.
关键词	behavior
学科领域	社会心理学
	2005-04-01
语种	英语
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN	0021-9029
卷号	35 期号:4 页码:699-717
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000230372200003
引用统计	被引频次：7[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5145
专题	中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010)
通讯作者	S. Li
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Ctr Social & Econ Behav, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Nanyang Technol Univ, Singapore 2263, Singapore 3.Univ Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, S,Lee-Wong, SM,S. Li. A study on Singaporeans' perceptions of sexual harassment from a cross-cultural perspective'[J]. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,2005,35(4):699-717.
APA	Li, S,Lee-Wong, SM,&S. Li.(2005).A study on Singaporeans' perceptions of sexual harassment from a cross-cultural perspective'.JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,35(4),699-717.
MLA	Li, S,et al."A study on Singaporeans' perceptions of sexual harassment from a cross-cultural perspective'".JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 35.4(2005):699-717.

条目包含的文件
文件名称/大小	文献类型	版本类型	开放类型	使用许可
Li-2005-A study on S（1026KB）			开放获取	--	浏览下载