Handbook of Intercultural Training

Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-7619-2332-9
Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 909 g

This handbook deals with the question of how people can best live and work with others who come from very different cultural backgrounds. Handbook of Intercultural Training provides an overview of current trends and issues in the field of intercultural training. Contributors represent a wide range of disciplines including psychology, interpersonal communication, human resource management, international management, anthropology, social work, and education. Twenty-four chapters, all new to this edition, cover an array of topics including training for specific contexts, instrumentation and methods, and training design.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Landis, Daniel (Dan) R.

Bennett, Janet M

Bennett, Milton

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Harry C. Triandis
1. Introduction and Overview - Janet Bennett and Milton Bennett
PART 1: STATE OF THE ART OF INTERCULTURAL TRAINING
2. Intercultural Training in Historical Perspective - Margaret Pusch
3. An Analysis of Methods for Intercultural Training - Sandra Mumford Fowler and Judith Blohm
4. Instrumentation in Intercultural Training - Michael Paige
5. Evaluation Studies of Cross-Cultural Training Programs: A Review of Literature from 1988-2000 - Mark E. Mendenhall, Ina Ehnert, Torsten M. Kühlmann, Gary Oddou, Joyce S. Osland, and Günter K. Stahl
PART II: THEORY INTO PRACTICE
6. Developing Intercultural Sensitivity: An Interactive Approach to Global and Domestic Diversity - Janet Bennett and Milton Bennett
7. Fundamental Psychological Processes in Intercultural Relations - John W. Berry
8. Psychological Theories of Culture Contact and Their Implications for Intercultural Training and Interventions - Colleen Ward
9. Translating Conflict Face-Negotiation Theory into Practice - Stella Ting-Toomey
10. Embodied Ethnocentrism and the Feeling of Culture: A Key to Training for Intercultural Competence - Milton Bennett and Dott. Ida Castiglioni
11. Media and Intercultural Training - Carlos E. Cortés
PART III: TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC CONTEXTS
12. Study Abroad at the University Level - Kenneth Cushner and Ata Karim
13. Intercultural Reentry of Students and Professionals: Theory and Practice - Judith Martin and Teresa Harrell
14. Long-Term Cross-Cultural Adaptation: Translating an Integrative theory into Practice - Young Yun Kim
15. The Evolution of Cross-Cultural Training in the Peace Corps - Laurette Bennhold-Samaan
16. Diversity Management and Training in Non-American Forces - Donna Winslow, Stefan Kammhuber, and Joseph L. Soeters
17. Looking into Studies of Heterogenous Small Groups: An Analysis of the Research Findings and Implications for Cross-Cultural Training - Aysen Bakir, Dan Landis, and Kenji Noguchi
PART IV Final Thoughts
18. Afterword: Reflections on the Future of Training - George Renwick
19. Synthesizing Theory Building and Practice in Intercultural Training - Dan Landis and Dharm P.S. Bhawuk

Über Autor(innen)

Bennett, Janet M
Dr. Janet Bennett (co-editor) is executive director of the Intercultural Communication Institute and chair of the ICI/University of the Pacific Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations program. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Minnesota, where she specialized in intercultural communication and anthropology. For twelve years, Janet was the chair of the liberal arts division at Marylhurst College, where she developed innovative academic programs for adult degree students. As a trainer and consultant, Janet designs and conducts intercultural and diversity training for colleges and universities, corporations, and social service agencies. She teaches courses in the training and development program at Portland State University and has published several articles and chapters on the subjects of developmental "layered" intercultural training and adjustment processes.

Landis, Daniel (Dan) R.
Dr. Dan Landis (co-editor) is an affiliate professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He holds a similar appointment at the Manoa campus of the same university. Previously he was professor of Psychology, director of the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation and a former dean of the Liberal Arts College at the University of Mississippi. He is the co-editor of the two previous editions of this Handbook, author and co-author of over 120 books, chapters, and articles in referred publications. He is also the founding and continuing editor of the International Journal of Intercultural Relations and the founding president of the International Academy for Intercultural Research.

Bennett, Milton
Dr. Milton Bennett (co-editor) is co-founder of the Intercultural Communication Institute and director of the Intercultural Development Research Institute. His Ph.D. is from the University of Minnesota in intercultural communication and sociology, and his current research interests are in empathy and consciousness. For fifteen years Milton was on the faculty of the department of speech communication at Portland State University, where he taught courses in intercultural communication and consciousness studies. Now he develops and conducts intercultural training for corporations and universities in both domestic and global diversity, and he serves as the director of graduate study for the ICI/University of the Pacific Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations program. Milton created the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity, is the co-author (with Ed Stewart) of the revised edition of American Cultural Patterns, and is editor of Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication.