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Australian Chinese and Hong Kong Chinese: How do they differ in primary control and secondary control?
Author(s)
Date Issued
2021
Publisher
Atlantis Press
ISBN
978946239-485-8
ISSN
2352-5398
Citation
Lai, Ching-han Lufanna (2021). Australian Chinese and Hong Kong Chinese: How do they differ in primary control and secondary control?. In Zhu, Zhiwen & Zhao, Shuo (Eds.). Proceedings of the 7th annual international conference on social science and contemporary humanity development (SSCHD 2021). 7th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development, Nanjing, Jiangsu. Atlantis Press.
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Open access
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
This study investigated whether the relative use of primary and secondary control varies as a function of cultural difference. It is posited that people who are under the influence of Asian, collectivist culture will be oriented toward secondary control than primary control, but vice versa for those in the Western, individualist society [9]. This proposition was tested in this study by using the Chinese respondents from both Australia and Hong Kong. Hence, it is hypothesized that the Australian Chinese will have higher level of primary control but lower level of secondary control than the Hong Kong Chinese. The results revealed that, though the Australian Chinese was significantly higher than Hong Kong Chinese on primary control, they did not differ on secondary control. The result was discussed in terms of integration process in the context of intercultural contact.
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