Cultural attachment : a new theory and method to understand cross-cultural competence

• Main Authors: Hong, Ying-Yi, Fang, Yang, Yang, Ying, Phua, Desiree Y.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105136; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20480
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cultural attachment theory postulates that the adaptive solution of acculturation is analogous to infants’ attachment to their caretakers, whereby forming secure attachment to the native and/or host cultures can help sojourners to cope with anxiety and stress and to gain a sense of safe haven. To...