The Teddy Bear Effect

Research Article
The Teddy-Bear Effect
Does Having a Baby Face Benefit Black Chief Executive
Officers?
Robert W. Livingston and Nicholas A. Pearce
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
ABSTRACT—Prior research suggests that having a baby
face is negatively correlated with success among White
males in high positions of leadership. However, we explored
the positive role of such ‘‘babyfaceness’’ in the
success of high-ranking Black executives. Two studies revealed
that Black chief executive officers (CEOs) were
significantly more baby-faced than White CEOs. Black
CEOs were also judged as being warmer than White CEOs,
even though ordinary Blacks were rated categorically as
being less warm than ordinary Whites. In addition, babyfaced
Black CEOs tended to lead more prestigious corporations
and earned higher salaries than mature-faced
Black CEOs; these patterns did not emerge for White
CEOs. Taken together, these findings suggest that babyfaceness
is a disarming mechanism that facilitates the
success of Black leaders by attenuating stereotypical perceptions
that Blacks are threatening. Theoretical and
practical implications for research on race, gender, and
leadership are discussed.

Proteus Effect

The Proteus Effect
"Yee and Bailenson14 proposed that behavioral shifts can occur via identity cues that exist as graphical representations of users in the form of avatars. The researchers term this the Proteus Effect, and suggest that individuals infer their expected actions from the appearance of their avatars, and then subsequently conform to the behavior. In a study which demonstrated the effect of avatar height on participants’ behavior, it was found that participants with taller avatars maintained smaller social distances and were more intimate with the confederate14. Subsequent studies found support for the Proteus Effect in various virtual environments and settings15, 16." (unknown author)

interesting article

Functions of the common ingroup identity model and acculturation strategies in intercultural communication: American host nationals’ communication with Chinese international students

Makiko Imamuraa,∗, Yan Bing Zhang

International Journal of Intercultural Relations 43 (2014) 227–238

a b s t r a c t

This experimental study examined American host nationals’ (N = 284) perceptions of Chinese international students’ cultural adaptation strategies and the effects of the strategies on the participants’ willingness to communicate with the Chinese students. Results generally revealed that the American participants judged the assimilated and integrated Chinese students equally more positively (i.e., more socially attractive and less communication anxiety) and were thus more willing to communicate with them than the separated and marginalized students. Findings are discussed in light of the common ingroup identity model (Gaertner et al., 1994), anxiety/uncertainty management theory (Gudykunst, 1988),and the acculturation framework (Berry, 1980).© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

updates on China's One-Child Policy

Zhong, M. (2005). The only-child declaration: A content analysis of published stories by China, s only-children. Intercultural Communication Studies, 14, 9-27.

Hesketh, T., Lu, L., & Xing, Z. W. (2005). The effect of China's one-child family policy after 25 years. New England Journal of Medicine, 353(11), 1171-1176.

Ebenstein, A. (2010). The “missing girls” of China and the unintended consequences of the one child policy. Journal of Human Resources, 45(1), 87-115.

Li, H., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2011). Estimating the effect of the one-child policy on the sex ratio imbalance in China: identification based on the difference-in-differences. Demography, 48(4), 1535-1557.

Bulte, E., Heerink, N., & Zhang, X. (2011). China's One‐Child Policy and ‘the Mystery of Missing Women’: Ethnic Minorities and Male‐Biased Sex Ratios*. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 73(1), 21-39.

Jing, Y. (2013). The One‐Child Policy Needs An Overhaul. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 32(2), 392-399.

Rain (and my) obligation study1

Cultural Differences in Perception of Family Obligation and Request Compliance in China and the US

Mary Bresnahan

Wuyu Liu

Michigan State University

Abstract

Early theorists claimed that perception of obligation as aversive is a pancultural universal. This study investigates whether obligation is seen as aversive or benevolent by participants in China (n = 205) and the U.S. (n = 164) with these results. Compared to Chinese, Americans showed greater perception of obligation as benevolent in the high obligation condition. Americans showed less perception of aversive obligation compared to Chinese. Gratitude, perceived reciprocity and threat of face loss were positively related to perception of obligation as benevolent and negatively related to perception of obligation as aversive. Chinese showed more compliance with the uncle’s request only in the moderate obligation condition compared to Americans. Both Americans and Chinese complied with the uncle’s request in the high obligation condition. Participants who perceived obligation as aversive showed less compliance whereas those who saw obligation as benevolent showed more compliance. These results suggest that obligation is not seen as universally and exclusively aversive. More testing of perception of obligation across cultures needs to be conducted to see whether the results of this study find replication and support.

Keywords: aversive obligation, benevolent obligation, gratitude, face loss, compliance

entertaining former doctoral students

Deborah Cai shared Nagesh Rao's post.

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Nagesh Rao with Deborah Cai and 7 others

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NCA Intercultural Panel in Chicago, 2014

Photo from the NCA in Washington in 2013

 

With TaeSeop Lim and Kathi Kitao after a panel at the NCA

MSU Women's Cross-Country Track Team wins NCAA Championship

Way to go Melanie Brender!

in memory of Prof. Kenji Kitao

Kenji already had a Ph.D. from the Univ. of Kansas but studied for a second degree at MSU a while ago in the late 1980s and early 1990s.  His wife Kathi Kitao got her doctoral degree from MSU.  They were a dynastic couple in Japan but teaching in Kyoto and solid researchers.  Ironically, Kenji died at a conference which he loved.  I liked Kenji very much!
 
In Memoriam

The EUROCALL 2014 organisers and participants were greatly saddened by the loss of EUROCALL participant, Dr. Kenji Kitao, who passed away suddenly of a heart attack at his hotel on the evening of Wednesday, August 20th.

Dr. Kenji Kitao had an appointment as a full professor, at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.  He was 65 and about to retire this coming March. Dr. Kitao was a dedicated EUROCALL member.

Dr Kenji Kitao and his wife, Dr. Kathleen Kitao, were planning to present at EUROCALL 2014. They submitted the following papers:
Responses to Apologies in English: A Corpus-Based Study
Japanese Speakers’ Apologies in English: A Study Based on a Spoken Corpus

Our thoughts and prayers are with Dr. Kitao’s wife, Kathleen Kitao, family and friends. We would like to wish them strength during this difficult time.

Today we interred part of Kenji's ashes in his family tomb. The remainder will be interred in May at the Doshisha cemetery. Kenji's will specified that he would like to be buried at the Doshisha cemetery. However, it is in a remote location, and his mother would not be able to visit, So we decided to divide the ashes. In the picture are Kenji's mother and sister and brother-in-law.

— with Yoshihiro Serata.