Wellbeing Profile of France and India IT Employees: A Cross‐Cultural Study

Background: Cultural influence and variances have a great influence in the development of psychosocial well-being. Cross-cultural psychologists explore the difference between Eastern and Western cultures. The present study was designed to analyse the variations in wellbeing profile of IT professionals be-tween India and France. Methodology: Two hundred and fourteen non-probabilistic samples were recruited via various IT com-panies from France (n=92) and India (n=122). The participants completed the wellbeing profile consist-ed of Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, Subjective Fluctuating Happiness Scale and Subjective Authentic-Durable Happiness Scale (SFHS and SA-DHS) and rating scale for Satisfaction at work, importance of re-ligions/spirituality shared through a digital format, built on the Google Form. Results: Based on independent-samples t-tests, the results indicated that Indian and French IT profes-sionals did not exhibit a difference on levels of Mindfulness, Satisfaction at work, Fluctuating Happiness and Authentic-Durable Happiness. In addition, the findings shown inter correlations between Mindful-ness, Satisfaction at work, Fluctuating Happiness and Authentic-Durable Happiness across the culture. In contrast, the results indicated that Indian IT professionals did exhibit higher levels in importance of Re-ligions and Spirituality when compared to French IT professionals. Conclusion: In a nutshell, the present study came to the conclusion that Indian and French employees share a greater number of wellbeing characteristics in common. Religion and spirituality are also im-portant parts of the Indian culture of well-being.

Rebound Effect, Fast Adaptation to Social Change or Cultural Continuity among Two Generations of Hungarians / Efecto de Rebote, Rápida Adaptación al Cambio Social o Contiuidad Cultural entre Dos Generaciones de Húngaros

Abstract The aim of the present research was to reveal what kind of values, self-conceptualisation and beliefs of personhood characterize two generations of Hungarians, almost three decades after the socio-political changes from socialism to capitalist market economy. Participants were high school students (N = 239) and adults (N = 122). Value-orientation was measured using the Portrait Value Questionnaire (PVQ, Schwartz et al., 2001), beliefs of personhood were measured by the Lay Contextualism Scale (Owe et al., 2013). Self-construals were measured in case of the high school students by using 23 items from Gudykunst et al. (1996) self-construal scale and in case of the adults a modified version of it (Owe et al., 2013). Results indicate that in the post-socialist Hungary, individualistic values and independent self-concept strongly characterize both the high school students and the adults, but the younger generation displays higher tendency towards individualism.

Resumen El objetivo del presente trabajo fue encontrar qué tipo de valores, auto-conceptuación y creencias de la persona caracterizan dos generaciones de húngaros, casi tres décadas después de los cambios sociopolíticos del socialismo al mercado económico capitalista. Los participantes fueron estudiantes universitarios (N=239) y adultos (N=122). La orientación hacia los valores fue evaluada utilizando el Cuestionario de Valores (PVQ, Portrait Value Questionnaire; Schwartz et al., 2001), las creencias sobre la persona fueron evaluados a través de la Escala de Contextualismo (Owe et al., 2013), las auto-definiciones fueron evaluadas utilizando los 23 reactivos de la escala de autodefinición de Gudykunst et al. (1996) para el caso de los estudiantes, y para los adultos se utilizó la versión modificada del instrumento de autodefinición (Owe et al., 2013). Los resultados indican que, en la Hungría post-socialista, los valores individualistas y un autoconcepto independiente caracterizan fuertemente a ambos grupos, aunque la generación más joven muestra mayor tendencia hacia el individualismo.

Application of the interactive model in the context of individualism and collectivism / Aplicação do modelo interativo no contexto do individualismo e coletivismo

The objective of the present study was to apply the Interactive Model methodology to the Individualism-Collectivism:Horizontal and Vertical Models to better understand the last model. The sample consisted of 271 individuals and theIdiocentric-Allocentric Athlete Profile Inventory was used. Multiple analyses of variance revealed that when theconstructs become polarized, as in the Idiocentric supremacy, greater are the individual needs for differentiation fromothers, success and achievement. As the constructs get balanced, the individuals tend to present more egalitarian attitudes,and allocentric individuals seek benefits for the group, submission and hierarchy. In conclusion, one can infer that as thefields of idiocentrism and allocentrism become more distant from the bisector, the vertical dominion increases(hierarchy), while a greater proximity with the bisector favors the horizontal dominion (equality). These areas don’treflect the predominance or not of one construct over the other anymore.

O objetivo deste estudo foi aplicar a metodologia do Modelo Interativo no modelo do Individualismo-Coletivismo:Horizontal e Vertical para melhor entender este último modelo. A amostra foi composta por 271 indivíduos e foi utilizadoo Inventário de Perfil Idiocêntrico-Alocêntrico para Atletas. Múltiplas análises de variância revelaram que quando osconstrutos tornam-se polarizados, como na supremacia idiocêntrica, mais os indivíduos necessitam dieferenciar-se dosdemais, buscando sucesso e realização. Quando os construtos tornam-se equilibrados, os indivíduos tendem a apresentaratitudes igualitárias e os indivíduos alocêntricos buscam o benefício do grupo, submisão e hierarquia. Em conclusão,pode-se inferir que quando os campos do idiocentrismo e alocentrismo tornam-se mais distantes da bissetriz, o domíniovertical aumenta (hierarquia) e a maior proximidade da bissetriz favorece o domínio horizontal (igualdade). Essesdomínios não mais refletem a predominância ou não de um construto sobre o outro.