TY - JOUR
T1 - Host Environment, Host Communication, and Satisfaction With Life
T2 - A Study of Hong Kong Ethnic Minority Members
AU - Chen, Ling
AU - Feng, Guangchao Charles
N1 - The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The project was partially supported by a faculty research grant from Hong Kong Baptist University to the first author.
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PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - This study, with two parts, investigated host environment and host communication factors in Hong Kong ethnic minority members’ cross-cultural adaptation. Study I examined host receptivity, host conformity pressure, host communication competence (HCC), and host communication satisfaction as predictors of satisfaction with life self-reported by Hong Kongers of south-/south-east Asian origin (n = 195). Results showed that host receptivity and host communication satisfaction contributed significantly to satisfaction with life. Study II was a partial replication of Study I with a broader sample (n = 140). Hierarchical multiple regressions replicated the earlier findings that host receptivity did and host conformity pressure did not predict satisfaction with life in the same direction. MANOVA of high and low HCC groups yielded significant main effects on host receptivity, host conformity pressure, host communication satisfaction, and life satisfaction. Implications of the findings are discussed.
AB - This study, with two parts, investigated host environment and host communication factors in Hong Kong ethnic minority members’ cross-cultural adaptation. Study I examined host receptivity, host conformity pressure, host communication competence (HCC), and host communication satisfaction as predictors of satisfaction with life self-reported by Hong Kongers of south-/south-east Asian origin (n = 195). Results showed that host receptivity and host communication satisfaction contributed significantly to satisfaction with life. Study II was a partial replication of Study I with a broader sample (n = 140). Hierarchical multiple regressions replicated the earlier findings that host receptivity did and host conformity pressure did not predict satisfaction with life in the same direction. MANOVA of high and low HCC groups yielded significant main effects on host receptivity, host conformity pressure, host communication satisfaction, and life satisfaction. Implications of the findings are discussed.
KW - cross-cultural adaptation
KW - Hong Kong ethnic minority
KW - host communication competence
KW - host communication satisfaction
KW - host environment
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U2 - 10.1177/0093650215570655
DO - 10.1177/0093650215570655
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85019618038
SN - 0093-6502
VL - 44
SP - 487
EP - 511
JO - Communication Research
JF - Communication Research
IS - 4
ER -