Communication Between Cultures

on the role that national wealth, or level of economic development, plays in deter- mining cultural differences in how people tr ...

accepted behaviors. Tight cultures, such as Japan, have a well-defined set of societal protocols that govern social interaction ...

it lasts. The use of titles can also be a reflection of a culture’stightnessandlooseness.In the United States, as we have repeat ...

Research conducted by Ting-Toomey highlights the role of face and facework in intercultural communication, especially in conflic ...

resolve conflicts.^96 This attitude toward problem solving by individualistic cultures is evident in the number of U.S. lawyers, ...

TABLE 6.15 The Influence of Cultural Patterns CULTURAL PATTERNS IndividualismVersus Collectivism Individualism(e.g., U.S., Austr ...

To explain this more fully, let us examine a very basic difference in beliefs and values between China and the United States con ...

The Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck value orientation taxonomy includes (1) human nature, (2) the perception of nature, (3) time, (4) ...

Concepts and Questions How does a study of cultural values help you understand other cultures? What differences in behavior mig ...

CHAPTER 7 Culture and Identity: Situating the Individual Who you are is determined by your past; who you will become is a produc ...

many social identities and the different ways they are acquired and developed. A dis- cussion of the different ways that you est ...

identities and discarding old ones. To illustrate these two points—dynamic and mul- tiple identities—reflect on how you identifi ...

Hall’s three identity categories are similar—personal, relational, and communal. Personal identitiesare those that set you apart ...

that people have about their identities. The dynamics of globalization have also made identity an important factor in contempora ...

Regardless of the identity or identities on display, all are influenced to various degrees by culture. In this section we will e ...

What constitutes displays of gender identity varies across cultures and is constantly changing. For instance, the normative U.S. ...

Ethnic Identity As stated earlier, racial identity is traditionally tied to one’s biological ancestry, which results in similar ...

As mentioned above, many U.S. Americans view their ethnicity as a product of their ancestors’home of origin prior to immigrating ...

South Korea.”In some cases, however, a regional or local affiliation can outweigh nationality. Texans, for instance, are noted f ...

often characterized by varying cultural traits. These cultural contrasts may be mani- fested through ethnicity, language, accent ...