Acculturation Orientations towards ‘Valued’ and ‘Devalued’ Immigrants in South Korea

Authors

Pascal Tisserant, University of Lorraine, FranceFollow
Anne-Lorraine Wagner, University of Lorraine, FranceFollow
Jaegon Jung, University of Lorraine, FranceFollow
Richard Y. Bourhis, University of Quebec, CanadaFollow

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

This study, based on the Interactive Acculturation Model, investigates the acculturation orientations of undergraduates (n=279) in South Korea. Results show that Korean respondents considered South-East Asian immigrants to be less valued than Western immigrants. They were more welcoming towards ‘valued’ Western immigrants than they were towards ‘devalued’ South-East Asian immigrants. As in the case of undergraduates in North America & Europe, Korean undergraduates mainly endorsed integration and individualism towards both Western and South-East Asian immigrants, but they also strongly endorsed the segregationist orientations towards both ‘valued’ and ‘devalued’ immigrants reflecting the still contentious view of Korea as an immigration country.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4087/NAQO6895

ScholarWorks Citation

Tisserant, P., Wagner, A.-L., Jung, J., & Bourhis, R. Y. (2016). Acculturation orientations towards ‘valued’ and ‘devalued’ immigrants in South Korea. In C. Roland-Lévy, P. Denoux, B. Voyer, P. Boski, & W. K. Gabrenya Jr. (Eds.), Unity, diversity and culture. Proceedings from the 22nd Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.4087/NAQO6895