Individual and combined effects of behavior modeling and the cultural assimilator in cross-cultural management training.

Abstract

This field experiment examined the individual and combined effects of behavior modeling and the cultural assimilator in the cross-cultural management training of 65 U.S. Government employees. Training evaluation criteria of learning, behavior, and reactions were used, and the results were generally supportive of the greater effectiveness of a combined approach. Participants receiving the combination of methods displayed significantly higher performance on a role play task (behavior evaluation) than a no-training control group and significantly higher gains in learning than those receiving either individual method and those in a no-training control group