Research On How Different Ethnic Backgrounds Shape Bicultural Experiences Of Work And Non-work Life Aspects In China

The research goal is to conduct studies around the multiple type of biculturals in term of their ethnic backgrounds which are the Foreign born Chinese,South East Asians,and Caucasian bicultural individuals.The research identify the differences of work and non-work experiences among the different group of biculturals living in China.Major prior studies regard biculturals often conducted within the setting of the United States where the variety of ethnic diversities could easily found,this result to the overlook of most studies regard of bicultural ethnic background impact on their experiences.In this research,we conducted the study in China where the society is less ethnically diverse,as we can see that China population is dominated by Han Chinese.In cross cultural setting,being bicultural can lead to both positive and negative experiences resulting from different concepts such as identity dissonance and cognitive switching.The investigation done in this paper concentrated on how contextual linkage affects the individual in this unique social context.The research findings show that there are systematic differences between the three categories.However,surprisingly,foreign-born Chinese do not adapt well to life in China as we firstly thought they would do,despite their close cultural linkage with China,as they particularly claim challenges in non-work life aspect.Whereas Southeast Asians which are culturally ‘closer' to China than Caucasian biculturals,the former experienced real difficulties in both work and nonwork,while the latter did not experience much difficulties and largely enjoy their experiences.To empirically conducted the study,we set up interviews with three(3)different types of bicultural participants which are Foreign born Chinese,South East Asians,and Caucasian.We conducted the total of 24 interviews with the interviewee candidates that varied in age,gender,and job experiences.This can be broken down into eight(8)Foreign born Chinese,eight(8)South East Asians,and eight(8)Caucasian biculturals.After the conducted interviews,we identify the trends among the different type of biculturals and concluded them on findings.Concepts obtained from preliminary literature reviews are then used to back up the ideas and help conduct research conclusions.Other major that emerged from this research is that appearances might play as an important factor on how people perceive and overlook other individuals.