Landis / Brislin Handbook of Intercultural Training

Issues in Theory and Design
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-3887-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Web PDF

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 have, such as stress during adjustments. Other authors in this book address the benefits of intercultural action and integration into a country's educational system. International education is seen to benefit through a greater attention to face-to-face cross-cultural experience. The first seven essays are good descriptions of intercultural behavior and training, while Chapter 8 is an evaluation of cross-cultural training. The last chapter describes the atlas of affective meanings containing 620 concepts from 30 languages/culture communities for use in intercultural training and education. Behavioral and social scientists, trainers and cross-cultural scientists, overseas businessmen, foreign students, diplomats, immigrants, and other people who work in different cultures will find this handbook very helpful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Landis, Dan

Brislin, Richard W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Issues in Theory and Design;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Foreword;8
6;Preface;10
7;Chapter 1. Conceptualizations of Intercultural Behavior and Training;14
7.1;MODEL DEVELOPMENT;16
7.2;THE EFFECTS OF CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING;20
7.3;BASIC APPROACHES TO CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING;21
7.4;ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WITH THE USE OF EXPERIENTIAL AND INTERACTION APPROACHES;32
7.5;THE CONTENT OF CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT;34
7.6;ETHICS;40
7.7;RESEARCH METHODS;41
7.8;CROSS-CULTURAL ORIENTATION PROGRAMS;42
7.9;OVERSEAS SUCCESS: HOW TO CONCEPTUALIZE AND PREDICT;42
7.10;EVALUATING CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAMS;43
7.11;NOTES;45
7.12;REFERENCES;45
8;Chapter 2. Ethical Issues and Ethic in Cross-Cultural Training;49
8.1;CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING AS A FIELD;51
8.2;AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW;53
8.3;ETHICAL ISSUES IN CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING;56
8.4;ILLUSTRATIONS OF ETHICAL ISSUES;59
8.5;ETHICS OF CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING;64
8.6;SUMMARY;70
8.7;REFERENCES;71
9;Chapter 3. Problems and Prospects in Western Approaches to Cross-National Social Science Research;74
9.1;INTRODUCTION;75
9.2;THE CONDUCT OF CROSS-NATIONAL RESEARCH;77
9.3;THE ORGANIZATION OF MANAGEMENT OF CROSS-NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH;80
9.4;EPISTEMOLOGY OF CROSS-NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH;83
9.5;CONCLUSION;87
9.6;NOTES;89
9.7;REFERENCES;90
10;Chapter 4. Essentials of Studying Cultures;95
10.1;ESSENTIALS OF STUDYING CULTURES;95
10.2;SOME GENERAL ISSUES CONCERNING METHOD;98
10.3;A TYPOLOGY OF RESEARCH METHODS;103
10.4;GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT METHOD;105
10.5;SPECIFIC METHODS;107
10.6;CONCLUSION;126
10.7;NOTES;127
10.8;REFERENCES;127
11;Chapter 5. Basic Training Design: Approaches to Intercultural Training;131
11.1;GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF ICT;132
11.2;APPROACHES TO CLASSIFYING TRAINING TECHNIQUES;134
11.3;A SCHEME FOR CLASSIFYING TRAINING TECHNIQUES;138
11.4;QUADRANT I TECHNIQUES: EXPERIENTIAL– CULTURE-GENERAL TRAINING;139
11.5;QUADRANT II TECHNIQUES: EXPERIENTIAL-CULTURE-SPECIFIC TRAINING;147
11.6;QUADRANT III TECHNIQUES: DIDACTIC–CULTURE-GENERAL TRAINING;149
11.7;QUADRANT IV TECHNIQUES: DIDACTIC -CULTURE–SPECIFIC TRAINING;151
11.8;THE CULTURAL ASSIMILATOR;152
11.9;OTHER CULTURE-SPECIFIC MATERIAL;152
11.10;DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS IN INTERCULTURAL TRAINING;153
11.11;REFERENCES;161
12;Chapter 6. Cross-Cultural Personnel Selection Criteria, Issues, and Methods;168
12.1;THE SEARCH FOR PREDICTORS OF OVERSEAS SUCCESS;168
12.2;DEFINING AND MEASURING CROSS-CULTURAL SUCCESS;173
12.3;RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "PREDICTORS" AND THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OVERSEAS SUCCESS;175
12.4;SELECTION CRITERIA;177
12.5;SELECTION METHODOLOGY;183
12.6;NOTES;186
12.7;REFERENCES;186
13;Chapter 7. Intercultural Competence;189
13.1;SELECTED MODELS OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE;189
13.2;A DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED MODELS OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE;200
13.3;ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS;205
13.4;RESEARCH ON INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE;207
13.5;SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS;212
13.6;NOTES;213
13.7;REFERENCES;213
14;Chapter 8. Evaluating Cross-Cultural Training;216
14.1;CONCEPTUAL SCHEMA;216
14.2;DESIGN SCHEMA;223
14.3;REFERENCES;234
15;Chapter 9. The Use of the Atlas of Affective Meanings in Intercultural Training;237
15.1;NEEDS OF INTERCULTURAL OBJECTIVE INDICATORS OF SUBJECTIVE CULTURES;237
15.2;THE ATLAS OF AFFECTIVE MEANINGS;238
15.3;DESCRIPTION OF ANALYTIC RESULTS OF THE ATLAS DATA;246
15.4;RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING THE ATLAS DATA;249
15.5;A CAMEO OF USING THE ATLAS DATA FOR BICULTURAL TRAINING;251
15.6;APPENDIX;258
15.7;NOTES;264
15.8;REFERENCES;265
16;Name Index;266
17;About the Contributors;280
18;Pergamon General Psychology Series;284