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Cultural Communication and Intercultural Contact » Read Now
by Donal Carbaugh. 439 pgs.

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...Communication textbook series. Intercultural communication Includes bibliographical...Communication and culture. 2. Intercultural communication. I. Carbaugh Donal...PART...
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Communicating and Adapting across Cultures: Living and Working in the Global Village » Read Now
by Riall W. Nolan. 205 pgs.

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Today, more Americans than ever are going abroad to visit, work, or study. Increasingly, the ability to communicate and work in cross-cultural situations is seen as an important determinant of success in business, government, education, and the social services. Being successful depends less on what...
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Today, more Americans than ever are going abroad to visit, work, or study. Increasingly, the ability to communicate and work in cross-cultural situations is seen as an important determinant of success in business, government, education, and the social services. Being successful depends less on what you know of a particular culture than it does on what you know about managing new cultural situations. This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to communicating, learning, and adapting within any new cultural environment. The skills learned from this book are essential to success and can be put to use in any new culture, anywhere in the world.
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Meanings in Madagascar: Cases of Intercultural Communication » Read Now
by Oyvind Dahl. 194 pgs.

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Most analyses of interpersonal communication ignore the relationship between communication and culture. When intercultural communication takes place, the interlocutors may have very different conceptions of what is being discussed, since meaning in any culture results from lifelong learning within...
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Most analyses of interpersonal communication ignore the relationship between communication and culture. When intercultural communication takes place, the interlocutors may have very different conceptions of what is being discussed, since meaning in any culture results from lifelong learning within that culture. Such concepts as worldviews, cultural beliefs, and decision-making processes are unique to each culture, and affect each culture's interpretation of meaning. To illustrate problems with communication and culture, Dahl focuses on the cultures of Madagascar and the Western World. He suggests many ways in which the Malagasy's worldview and values are different from the Westerner's, and how these differences affect communication. A "meaning matrix" is included to assist in interpretations of everyday cases.
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The Natural History of Some Intercultural Communication, in Research on Language and Social Interaction » Read Now
by Kenneth Liberman. 30 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Natural History of Some Intercultural Communication Kenneth Liberman...issues. Analyses of intercultural communication too frequently read...When doing studies of...
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Ethics in Intercultural and International Communication » Read Now
by Fred L. Casmir. 296 pgs.

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...pbk.: alk. paper 1. Intercultural, communication -- Moral and ethical...SECTION I: ETHICS AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 7...SECTION I ETHICS AND INTERCULTURAL...
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Artifacts and Cultures-of-Use in Intercultural Communication, in Language, Learning & Technology » Read Now
by Steven L. Thorne. 30 pgs.

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Communicating across Cultures » Read Now
by Stella Ting-Toomey. 310 pgs.

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Reflexive Communication in the Culturally Diverse Workplace » Read Now
by Catherine Kano Kikoski, John F. Kikoski. 218 pgs.

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America's rapid and drastically changing demographics pose new challenges to society and particularly to the workplace. Taking as their theme that "The only antidote to stereotyping and discrimination is to know each other as individuals," the authors look carefully at the direction in which America...
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America's rapid and drastically changing demographics pose new challenges to society and particularly to the workplace. Taking as their theme that "The only antidote to stereotyping and discrimination is to know each other as individuals," the authors look carefully at the direction in which America is heading demographically and where it will be in the 21st century. They discuss what the workplace will be like and how it will be affected by the characteristics of the people who will comprise it. The essence of the problem, say the authors, is communication--the face-to-face interaction between people of different ethnicities, races, and genders. They may be speaking to each other but are not being heard. Exploring the relationship between culture, communication and management, this new research in management introduces and applies the theory of 'Reflexive Communication' and the microskills necessary for using it in day-to-day work situations. The authors lay out the patterns of culture-specific values and behaviors of the major demographic groups in the workplace--white males, women, African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. In each of these chapters the authors apply their theory and show step-by-step how individuals within each group can be accessed and trained by the precepts of 'Reflexive Communication'. The book concludes with a thoughtful examination of the future of diversity and diversity training in America and reasserts the need for people of differing cultures to find ways to work together, not only for their own personal benefit, but for the benefit of their workplaces and organizations.
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Cross-Cultural Business Negotiations » Read Now
by Donald W. Hendon, Rebecca Angeles Hendon, Paul Herbig. 260 pgs.

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Cross-cultural business negotiations are an important part of international business. Much business has been lost overseas due to miscalculations caused by cultural differences. Negotiating is a lengthy, difficult process by itself; but, when one adds the cultural aspect it becomes extremely...
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Cross-cultural business negotiations are an important part of international business. Much business has been lost overseas due to miscalculations caused by cultural differences. Negotiating is a lengthy, difficult process by itself; but, when one adds the cultural aspect it becomes extremely intricate. Cross-cultural negotiation skills can be improved by adequate attention to details and a better understanding of the cultural heritage of the other side. This work examines cross-cultural negotiations from the point of view of a practitioner, and provides country profiles with advice on how to best negotiate with people from those countries.
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Cross-Cultural Problems in International Business: The Role of the Cultural Integration Function » Read Now
by Robert C. Maddox. 152 pgs.

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At a time when many nations of the world are becoming independent and reaffirming their unique cultures, when others are becoming multicultural, and when multinational firms are encountering global competition as never before, Maddox offers international businesses a viable alternative in...
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At a time when many nations of the world are becoming independent and reaffirming their unique cultures, when others are becoming multicultural, and when multinational firms are encountering global competition as never before, Maddox offers international businesses a viable alternative in effectively dealing with their cross-cultural problems. His innovative insights and suggestions are as relevant to the small, newly internationalizing firm as to the larger, more experienced multinationals.
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Between Understanding and Misunderstanding: Problems and Prospects for International Cultural Exchange (Chap. 7 "Intercultural Communication and Understanding: Myth and Reality") » Read Now
by Yasushi Sugiyama. 200 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This volume, a collection of papers presented at the International Cultural Exchange Symposium, examines the state of the important but neglected field of international cultural exchange. The book's essays identify the conceptual, methodological, and administrative problems involved in this area...
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This volume, a collection of papers presented at the International Cultural Exchange Symposium, examines the state of the important but neglected field of international cultural exchange. The book's essays identify the conceptual, methodological, and administrative problems involved in this area, and recommend measures to improve the quality, effectiveness, and costs of international exchange programs. Although the primary focus of the contributions is on issues of U.S.-Japanese exchange, broader themes that affect cultural relations in general are also explored.
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Semantics, Culture, and Cognition: Universal Human Concepts in Culture-Specific Configurations » Read Now
by Anna Wierzbicka. 488 pgs.

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...Language and culture. 4. Intercultural communication. 5. Psycholinguistics...uses of language is not communication but meaning. 2 But...solving specific problems of...
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Cross-Cultural Communication and Aging in the United States » Read Now
by Hana S. Noor Al-Deen. 280 pgs.

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Combining three elements - communication, ageing and culture - all of which have an increasingly profound impact on today's multicultural society, this text focuses on older Americans in various communicative contexts within the framework of their cultures.
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Transracial Communication (1973) » Read Now
by Arthur L. Smith. 160 pgs.

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