Activity 2 Inventory of Cross-Cultural Sensitivity ©Kenneth Cushner‚ 1986 Purpose To complete a self-assessment instrument regarding your intercultural experiences. Instructions The following questionnaire asks you to rate your agreement or disagreement with a series of statements. Please respond honestly as there are no correct answers. You will find another copy of this in the last section of the workbook that you can complete at a later time. You can compare your responses
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CULTURAL BARRIERS IN COMMUNICATION Introduction Differences in race‚ sex‚ religious beliefs‚ lifestyle and sexual orientation are among many cultural differences that may affect how people communicate in the workplace. Resolving communications problems caused by cultural differences requires patience‚ understanding and respect. A major mistake is forming opinions before even engaging in communications. Opinions reached before an opportunity to discuss the matter makes resolving conflict difficult
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Introduction Cultural identity refers to the identity elements of a group of people or a particular culture‚ or even an individual who belongs and influenced by a certain group or culture. Different current cultural researches and social theories have examined cultural identity. Recently‚ a new type of identification has appeared which analyze the recognizing of the individual as a integrated subject within a collection of different cultural identifiers. These cultural identifiers might be the
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service. Information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.com With over forty years ’ experience‚ Emerald Group Publishing is a leading independent publisher of global research with impact in business‚ society‚ public policy and education. In total‚ Emerald publishes over 275 journals and more than 130
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other cultures without making judgments about the way they do things or the way they understand and react to things is the basic concept of cultural relativity. The importance of this idea is demostrated by Richard B. Lee in his story about the Christmas feast with the !Kung. In this story Lee‚ a social anthropologist living with the tribe‚ experiences a misunderstanding that almost caused him to pack his belongings and leave the bushmen which were the subject of his study. The basis
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given the opportunity to work and communicate with people from different cultures‚ from emerging countries to the most successful countries in Europe. It is interesting to see and understand their culture which will help me in my future career. Cultural Differences The first exchange of culture is the hand shake‚ in terms of time period and firmness‚ there is a bit of variation but it is not significant. The first sentence that we exchanged with each other is name and countries. Names are probably
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Global Business Cultural Analysis: Germany July 7‚ 2012 Liberty University Abstract The Indian population in the United States as increased over the years. There are signs that they are they are very successful in opening and running their own businesses. It would be interesting to know if the same opportunities are available in India as they are in the United States. This paper researches India’s trade partners; their religious culture; India’s economic status and major industries; as
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Cultural Desire Essay Cultural Desire Essay Realization. This is what I learned from the readings. The realization that I am not as culturally aware as I thought. I have always considered myself to be a good nurse. I try to be very thoughtful and caring with my patients. I smile as I interview them‚ place my hand on their arm or shoulder‚ and try to find a common ground. This is because as an operating room nurse we don ’t get long to connect with our patients before they are off to sleep
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Immigrants Experiences from Italy to the United States Italian emigration was fueled by dire poverty. Life in Southern Italy‚ including the islands of Sicily and Sardinia‚ offered landless peasants little more than hardship‚ exploitation‚ and violence. Even the soil was poor‚ yielding little‚ while malnutrition and disease were widespread. Most of this generation of Italian immigrants took their first steps on U.S. soil in a place that has now become a legend—Ellis Island. In 1907 was the peak
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Veronica Gunderson Professor Hippenstiel Art 1301 Section 5017 October 19‚ 2011 The Menil Experience As I’m walking on the side walk looking at this calm and peaceful neighborhood I’m falling in love with all the beautiful trees and the serenity of the environment. As I come closer to the Menil I notice how tall it is for a one story building. It’s a simple building but the treasures inside awaits my curious eyes and soul of the arts. I notice the brass inlays and the unique designs upon the
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