CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING SBI 4139 prof. francien herlen tomasowa, ph.d.
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CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
SBI 4139
prof. francien herlen tomasowa, ph.d.
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CROSS CULTURAL CONTACTS
• STEREOTYPE VS GENERALIZATION
• FIVE CULTURE DIMENSIONS
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DEFINITIONS
• EQUALITY vs HIERARCHY• DIRECT vs INDIRECT• INDIVIDUAL vs GROUP ORIENTATION• TASK vs RELATIONSHIP• RISK vs CAUTION
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STEPS TO INCREASE CULTURAL
INTELLIGENCE
• become aware of your own cultural style
• know the facts about cultures most comonly related to
• identify ways to modify behaviour to the other culture
• respond to other culture using modified behaviour
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CROSS-CULTURAL TERMS AND PRINCIPLES
TERMS
• CULTURE• COMMUNICATION• CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
PRINCIPLES
• MAY NOT WORK FOR EVERY MEMBER• CULTURAL GENERALIZATIONS ==
STEREOTYPES• NO ABSOLUTE “RIGHTS” OR “WRONGS”• ALL CULTURES HAVE VALUES & IDEALS
THAT THEIR MEMBERS SAY ARE TRUE AND PEOPLE’S BEHAVIOUR MAY NOT ALWAYS REFLECT THOSE VALUES.
• CULTURE DOES NOT EXPLAIN ALL BEHAVIOUR.
• FIND A COMFORTABLEMIDDLE GROUND.• THE MORE LEARN ABOUT OTHERS, THE
MORENDERSTAND HOW CULTURE INFLUENCES INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS.
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TERMS
MAINSTREAM CULTURE:
THE VALUES, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE
DOMINANT GROUP IN A SOCIETY
GENERALIZATION: A STATEMENT DESCRIBING
GENERAL BEHAVIOUR THAT DOES NOT APPLY
ALL THE TIME.STEREOTYPE: AN EXAGGERATED BELIEF ABOUT
AGROUP OFTEN BASED ON A LACK OFINFORMATION OR CONTACT WITH MEMBERS
OF THAT GROUP
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR: THE ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF ONE PERSON
• MELTING POT: A SOCIETY IN WHICH ETHNIC GROUPS BLEND AND BECOME ONE GROUP
• MOSAIC: A SOCIETY IN WHICH ETHNIC GROUPS RETAIN THEIR SEPARATE IDENTITIES BUT TOGETHER FORMTHE LARGER COMMUNITY
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• MINORITY: a number that is less than one-half of the total number;a group that is not part of the larger or more powerful group
• MAJORITY: a number that is more than one-half of the total number;a group that is more powerful than the other groups
TERMS• HOMOGENEOUS:
made up of one group; having members that are all the same
• HETEROGENEOUS:made up of a variety of groups; having members that are not all the same
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