Quantitative study on the relationship between inter-cultural training and culture shock among American project managers working in Latin Americ

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between cross-cultural training and culture shock amidst American project managers living abroad in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Framed by the theory of cross-cultural psychology, this research employed a correlational, cross-sectional survey design to sample 85 American project managers deployed overseas in Latin America and Caribbean countries. The data was collected through a survey. Participants, selected via probability sampling, completed the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory and the Addendum to the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory: Intercultural Training and Culture Shock among American Project Managers in Latin America. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to analyze the data and dissect the relationship among studied findings. Results from the data analysis indicate a weak positive relationship between cross-cultural training and a lesser incidence of culture shock. For this population with this research design, the data showed only a very weak correlation between personality traits and a lesser incidence of culture shock.