Cross-Cultural Encounter in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s The River Between ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Shivnarayan Assistant Professor of English‚ LDM College‚ Parli Vaijnath 431515 India ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION In The River Between‚ Ngugi critically examines and evaluates‚ primarily through the aspect of Christianity the cultural clash
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Geographic setting India along with Pakistan and Bangladesh constitutes a geographical unit. This geographical unit has distinctly stood apart from the main continent of Asia – the reason being that Himalayan ranges are present in the North side while seas cover the other three sides. Thus it can be seen that the country was always isolated from the rest of the world but as a matter of fact it always tried to keep in touch with the outer part of the world. The vastness of India has resulted in a variety
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and success. It is imperative for companies to be aware of cultural differences in order to be successful. Managers should explore how culture affects leadership styles and practices. There are many cultural value concepts that influence leadership style. In Hofsted’s ground breaking cultural study he defined four different dimensions of culture‚ one of them being Power Distance. “Power distance refers to the extent that power differences are accepted and sanctioned in society (Thomas 50).” High
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The cultural influence of difference in focus and categorization In the research article‚ “The influence of culture: holistic versus analytic perception” provided by Richard E. Nisbett and Yuri Miyamoto‚ there is evidence that perceptual processes are influenced by culture. The research found that Western cultures focus on salient objects and use rules and categorization for purposes of organizing the environment‚ whereas‚ East Asian cultures focus more holistically on relationships and similarities
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NATIONAL CULTURE OF CHINA AND INDIA IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Introduction 1. Increased business globalization‚ emergence of new economic hubs like BRIC countries (Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China) as well as more intense competition among organizations at the domestic and international level alike over the past two decades‚ have necessitated the need for studies in the comparative Human Resource Management (HRM) (Budhwar & Sparrow‚ 2002a). As a result‚ a growing number
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Every country has its own culture which is different from other countries’. Therefore‚ differences in cultures can make communication misunderstanding. Cultural differences increase the likelihood of misunderstanding as well. If people speak different languages‚ the danger of bad translation is obvious. But even if people speak the same language‚ they may communicate in different ways. Common differences are between high-context and low-context communication. Low-context communication stands on its
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differently (better?) in different countries. Bring evidence from empirical studies. Increasing research states that HR practices have different effects in different countries because of institutional/cultural differences. Hence‚ companies that shape their HR practices based upon these geographical differences should have better firm performance according to Fey et al. (2008). Fey et al. (2008) made a choice of the five most popular HR practices in research‚ being: Performance appraisal Employee
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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS The Economic relationship between Turkey and Spain Ana Borrero Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences Fall 2010/2011 INDEX Introduction Introduction to the Turkish Economy The Turkish Economy Introduction to the Spanish Economy The Spanish Economy From Growth to Crisis Coments about the Spanish Economy Introduction to the Relations between Turkey and Spain The Economic Relationship between Turkey and Spain BBVA in Turkey Turkey and European Union
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What are cultural differences between Malaysia and other countries? In general culture can define as a way of life and process of development of the personality‚ spirit‚ mind‚ and the human effort in a community or cluster. Culture can be understood as the creation of human community in various forms‚ whether tangible or intangible. Culture it’s very important because it show the difference between societies to another society. The cultural features are obtained through a learning process
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Cultural Differences Paper COM/360 Nicole Kragt Cultural Differences Paper “People must live and interact together for the culture to survive. In doing so‚ they must develop a way of relating that strikes a balance between showing concern for themselves and concern for others” (Koester & Lustig‚ Chapter 5‚ 2010). There are over 7 billion people in this world with thousands even millions born even day‚ but we as individual units think we live our lives as independents. We are not without influences
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