Communication Between Cultures

Silence is also important to the Japanese. In many instances, people are expected to sense what another person is thinking and f ...

communication is a behavior that you engage in and that others respond to. Therefore, we conclude this chapter by offering a bri ...

allows you to make qualitative judgments about the communication encounter. Feedback also affords you the opportunity to immedia ...

3.If my messages are being misinterpreted, is it because my unintentional messages, rather than my intentional messages, are con ...

Activities Go to YouTube and view videos of services of three different religions: Catholic, Buddhist, and Jewish. Observe the ...

CHAPTER 10 Intercultural Communication in Contexts: Applications in Business, Education, and Healthcare Live together like broth ...

across three social contexts common to intercultural communication—the business, education, and healthcare settings. Assumptions ...

voice volume, and the formality of language used as well as directness and indirectness. Rules are also used to manage interpers ...

example, your Turkish colleagues will be adamant about paying for everything associ- ated with your entertainment. Turkish hospi ...

more impacted by these many changes than the business community. Over the past several decades,“outsourcing,”“offshoring,”“multi ...

The requirement to engage in intercultural communication always increases the potential for misunderstanding and conflict, but i ...

man when meeting, this behavior should be avoided in Asian cultures. However, among close associates in Mexico, a brief embrace ...

In the United States, an initial meeting may begin with comments about the weather and quickly proceed to more personal question ...

In these increasingly culturally diverse work groups, every employee possesses cul- turally specific expectations toward managem ...

“vertical,”or hierarchical, organizational structure, and employees subscribe to a well- defined hierarchy, showing deference to ...

prison. Myanmar has a national law prohibiting the insulting, damaging, or destruc- tion of any religion, and the Facebook posti ...

have described decision making in Chinese organizations. This process incorporates data collection and analysis, canvassing subo ...

normally avoided if possible or managed indirectly. For someone from Japan, the strong interpersonal connections within an in-gr ...

Every negotiator will develop a strategy that reflects his or her personal style, but each individual is also influenced by a na ...

the possibility of future collaborations. To achieve their goal of a cooperative relation- ship, the Chinese spend considerable ...