The Influence of Tertiary Education Disciplines on Self-Construals and Conflict Management Tendencies

Frontiers in Psychology

Sheila X. R. Wee¹  Wan Yee Choo¹  Chi-Ying Cheng² 

[1] School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore;null;

关键词: self-construal;    tertiary education;    conflict management style;    United States;    Singapore;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.659301

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

While cultural difference on self-construal are well-documented, how acculturation to a new cultural environment could change an individual’s self-construal remains under-explored. In this research, how tertiary education disciplines could be associated with the endorsement of self-construals which, in turn, affect students’ conflict management tendencies were explored. Study 1 revealed that across the United States and Singapore, college students from business and social science disciplines exhibited the trend of endorsing more independent and interdependent self-construal respectively, regardless of the different dominant self-construals in the two countries. Study 2 explored how tertiary education disciplines is associated with individuals’ conflict management tendencies via the endorsement of different self-construals among Singaporeans. Findings showed that individuals from business discipline possess a more independent self-construal and in turn endorsed more of a competing conflict management style than those from social sciences. Different disciplinary cultures could link to conflict management tendencies via the endorsement of self-construals, yielding significant theoretical and practical implications.

【 授权许可】

CC BY