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An Evaluation Of The California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale And Training For Mental Health Practices, Catherine Tillie Smith, Dahlia Avila Jan 2011

An Evaluation Of The California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale And Training For Mental Health Practices, Catherine Tillie Smith, Dahlia Avila

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This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of the California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale (CBMCS) and training as a tool to increase cultural competency skills. The interest of this was to determine if the training brought about a change in empathy or effectively increased knowledge about the importance of culture.


The Design Of An Intercultural Communication Skills Training For Multicultural Catholic Parishes In The Diocese Of San Bernardino, Marco Aurelio De Tolosa Raposo Jan 2008

The Design Of An Intercultural Communication Skills Training For Multicultural Catholic Parishes In The Diocese Of San Bernardino, Marco Aurelio De Tolosa Raposo

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The purpose of this project is to present the design and guidelines for implementation of a theory based intercultural communication skills training program. An instructor manual was designed primarily for people in leadership positions in Catholic parish communities in the Diocese of San Bernardino, California, in order to help them to develop the necessary skills and abilities to become competent intercultural communicators.


Information Gathering And Culture Shock: Mediating The Effect Of Individual Characteristics Of International Adjustment, Jeremiah James Mcfarland Jan 2008

Information Gathering And Culture Shock: Mediating The Effect Of Individual Characteristics Of International Adjustment, Jeremiah James Mcfarland

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The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect that information gathering and culture shock have on the relationship between individual characteristics and international adjustment. Participants for this study consisted of 95 international students within the California State University system.


Impact Of Cultural Factors On Transnational Teams: Diversity, Adaptation, Communication Quality, And Trust, Shu-Yir Lee Jan 2007

Impact Of Cultural Factors On Transnational Teams: Diversity, Adaptation, Communication Quality, And Trust, Shu-Yir Lee

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The present research proposes a general model of Transnational Teams (TNTs) to investigate how value placed on cultural diversity, cultural adaptation, communication quality, and trust affect the performance of TNTs and their interaction to each other. TNTs contribute to decisions about a firm's total portfolio of transnational interests, global brands and products, organizational configuration, and global sourcing strategy. Qualitative and quantitative methods are applied in this study of thirty members of TNTs from diverse teams. Based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis, relationships between theory and practice are examined. The analysis shows that there is a strong relationship between trust …


A Comparative Study Of Editorials In Chinese And English, Meiyen Huang Jan 2006

A Comparative Study Of Editorials In Chinese And English, Meiyen Huang

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The study reveals national cultures may influence the use of politeness strategies and organizational patterns in editorials written in the two languages, English and Chinese. Due to a newspaper's political orientation and its regional and national background, the rhetorical form of linguistic features in editorials might vary among cultures.


International Students' Reliance On Home-Country Related Internet Use, Songkwun Sukontapatipak Jan 2005

International Students' Reliance On Home-Country Related Internet Use, Songkwun Sukontapatipak

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The present study draws on uses and gratifications and media system dependency perspectives for examining factors related to Internet usage behaviors of international students and their motives to use their home-country Internet resources.


A Survey Of Social Workers' Cultural Competency: An Exploratory Study, José Luis Lujano Jan 2005

A Survey Of Social Workers' Cultural Competency: An Exploratory Study, José Luis Lujano

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The purpose of this study was to measure the social workers' knowledge, awareness, sensitivity, and ability to serve the population of color.


Values And Symbols: An Intercultural Analysis Of Web Pages On The Internet, Aura Constanza Mosquera Jan 2004

Values And Symbols: An Intercultural Analysis Of Web Pages On The Internet, Aura Constanza Mosquera

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The author examines how a North American commercial Web site developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute serves as a vehicle through which American hegemony and cultural imperialism are propagated to Latin America. The author argues that the content of the web site pages, which contain American cultural symbols and values, may serve to influence or change the values of its Latin American visitors.


Globalization, Values, And Consumer Trends: A French And Usa Comparison, Alexandre Hatlestad-Shey Jan 2004

Globalization, Values, And Consumer Trends: A French And Usa Comparison, Alexandre Hatlestad-Shey

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This thesis examined how factors such as perceptions of globalization, individual and nationalistic values, and cultural products influenced consumer choice in French and American nationals.


Creating Community Through Communication: The Case Of East Desert Unified School District, Michelle Elizabeth Shader Jan 2004

Creating Community Through Communication: The Case Of East Desert Unified School District, Michelle Elizabeth Shader

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East Desert Unified School District (EDUSD) serves many immigrant, migrant, and first generation students. The objective of this thesis is to identify the community processes and channels used that it serves. Organizationally, the interractions between the district and its communities will be studied from a systems perspective. Intercultural communication theories and organizational communication theories provide lenses for examining the communication processes occuring between the communbity and organization within the district, the parents resource service center alone with children and Family Services are grant supported and provide outreach services to community members.


The Effect Of Culture On Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution Behaviors, Lisa Marie Grech Jan 2002

The Effect Of Culture On Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution Behaviors, Lisa Marie Grech

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This study attempted to investigate whether there were differences in the conflict behaviors chosen for members of the same culture versus members of a different culture when accounting for Chinese cultural value conservation.


Workplace Culture, Workgroup Identification, And Workplace Conflict, Vy Ngoc Lien Jan 2002

Workplace Culture, Workgroup Identification, And Workplace Conflict, Vy Ngoc Lien

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The purpose of this thesis was to distinguish between which work factors contribute to emotional conflict in the workplace. Specifically, the factors of interest were existence and tolerance of multicultural diversity, work group culture and group identification.


Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Diversity Training In An Educational Organization, Bonnie Gail Elliott Jan 2002

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Diversity Training In An Educational Organization, Bonnie Gail Elliott

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Diversity training programs are increasingly being incorporated into organizations as a strategy to meet moral standards and legal challenges. Unfortunately, little research as been conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of these programs. This study describes an effective diversity training program as one that changes a member of the organization's negative attitude about racial differences toward a positive attitude.


Incorporating Intercultural Communication Instruction In Programs For Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages, Selin Yildiz Jan 2002

Incorporating Intercultural Communication Instruction In Programs For Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages, Selin Yildiz

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No abstract provided.


Silence And Avoidance: Japanese Expatriate Adjustment, Yosei Sugawara Jan 1993

Silence And Avoidance: Japanese Expatriate Adjustment, Yosei Sugawara

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No abstract provided.