ISBN:
9780080275338
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (287 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Handbook of Intercultural Training : Issues in Theory and Design
DDC:
303.4/82
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Handbook of Intercultural Training, Volume I: Issues in Theory and Design is a compilation of nine essays dealing with a problem central to today's complex world: """"How can people best live and work with others who come from very different cultural backgrounds?"""" The major focus of the nine essays in this book is the experience of living and working for long periods in other cultures. The book also focuses on other types of cross-cultural experiences, such as majority-minority group relations, training and preparation, and integration. There are analyses of possible experiences people may
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Issues in Theory and Design; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Conceptualizations of Intercultural Behavior and Training; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; THE EFFECTS OF CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING; BASIC APPROACHES TO CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING; ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WITH THE USE OF EXPERIENTIAL AND INTERACTION APPROACHES; THE CONTENT OF CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT; ETHICS; RESEARCH METHODS; CROSS-CULTURAL ORIENTATION PROGRAMS; OVERSEAS SUCCESS: HOW TO CONCEPTUALIZE AND PREDICT; EVALUATING CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAMS; NOTES; REFERENCES
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 2. Ethical Issues and Ethic in Cross-Cultural TrainingCROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING AS A FIELD; AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; ETHICAL ISSUES IN CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING; ILLUSTRATIONS OF ETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICS OF CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Problems and Prospects in Western Approaches to Cross-National Social Science Research; INTRODUCTION; THE CONDUCT OF CROSS-NATIONAL RESEARCH; THE ORGANIZATION OF MANAGEMENT OF CROSS-NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH; EPISTEMOLOGY OF CROSS-NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES
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Chapter 4. Essentials of Studying CulturesESSENTIALS OF STUDYING CULTURES; SOME GENERAL ISSUES CONCERNING METHOD; A TYPOLOGY OF RESEARCH METHODS; GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT METHOD; SPECIFIC METHODS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Basic Training Design: Approaches to Intercultural Training; GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF ICT; APPROACHES TO CLASSIFYING TRAINING TECHNIQUES; A SCHEME FOR CLASSIFYING TRAINING TECHNIQUES; QUADRANT I TECHNIQUES: EXPERIENTIAL- CULTURE-GENERAL TRAINING; QUADRANT II TECHNIQUES: EXPERIENTIAL-CULTURE-SPECIFIC TRAINING
Description / Table of Contents:
QUADRANT III TECHNIQUES: DIDACTIC-CULTURE-GENERAL TRAININGQUADRANT IV TECHNIQUES: DIDACTIC -CULTURE-SPECIFIC TRAINING; THE CULTURAL ASSIMILATOR; OTHER CULTURE-SPECIFIC MATERIAL; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS IN INTERCULTURAL TRAINING; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Cross-Cultural Personnel Selection Criteria, Issues, and Methods; THE SEARCH FOR PREDICTORS OF OVERSEAS SUCCESS; DEFINING AND MEASURING CROSS-CULTURAL SUCCESS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ""PREDICTORS"" AND THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OVERSEAS SUCCESS; SELECTION CRITERIA; SELECTION METHODOLOGY; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Intercultural Competence
Description / Table of Contents:
SELECTED MODELS OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCEA DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED MODELS OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE; ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; RESEARCH ON INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Evaluating Cross-Cultural Training; CONCEPTUAL SCHEMA; DESIGN SCHEMA; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. The Use of the Atlas of Affective Meanings in Intercultural Training; NEEDS OF INTERCULTURAL OBJECTIVE INDICATORS OF SUBJECTIVE CULTURES; THE ATLAS OF AFFECTIVE MEANINGS; DESCRIPTION OF ANALYTIC RESULTS OF THE ATLAS DATA
Description / Table of Contents:
RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING THE ATLAS DATA
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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