Cross-Cultural Communication Vol. 8‚ No. 6‚ 2012‚ pp. 66-70 DOI:10.3968/j.ccc.1923670020120806.1356 ISSN 1712-8358[Print] ISSN 1923-6700[Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org Cross-Cultural Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Euphemisms WANG Xiaoling[a]; ZHANG Meng[a]‚*; DONG Hailin[a] [a] College of Foreign Languages‚ Hebei United University‚ West Xinhua Road‚ Tangshan‚ China. * Corresponding author. Supported by Study on Application of Cross-Cultural Teaching Concept in
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Dealing With Cross-Cultural Differences at Workplace in the UAE OR Impact of Cross-Cultural Differences On Adjustment of Expatriate Employees in the Work Environment of the UAE INTRODUCTION / LITERATURE REVIEW The working environment in the UAE has seen huge changes in the last 25 years or so. The change has been introduced primarily by the opening up of multinational firms in the UAE. This has created job opportunities for expatriates‚ therefore bringing about a large diversity in the
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3. Cross-national Cultural Differences A cultural orientation describes the attitudes of most people most of the time‚ never of all the people all of the time (Adler 2002: 22) 3.1 Introduction This chapter covers the studies that define cross-national cultural differences and shows how these cross-national cultural differences affect professional behavior in general. In § 3.2‚ a short exposition on the definition of national culture is provided‚ including the general understanding of what
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Strategic Management Essay topic: “Cross-cultural analysis of building an effective motivational process: China and USA” Moscow‚ 2013 Content Introduction 3 Cross-cultural motivation 4 Major cross-cultural concepts 7 Building an effective model of cross-cultural motivation 10 Bibliography 13 Abstract In the modern world it is essential to understand the cross-cultural peculiarities and manage them in order
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“Culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others” Professor Geert Hofstede conducted one of the most comprehensive studies of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture. He analyzed a large data base of employee values scores collected by IBM between 1967 and 1973 covering more than 70 countries‚ from which he first used the 40 largest only and afterwards extended the analysis to 50 countries and 3 regions.
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Researches attempted to explains of motivition to work through two basic types of motivational theories and process theories. Content theories are concerned with what energizes behavior while process theories focus on how. Content theories asset that needs determine an individual’s behavior‚ individuals have a multitude of need varying degrees of intensity. There are needs or activator creates a state of disequilibrium within the person. The individual develops an urge to fulfill the need or needs
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Cultural diversity is a substantial part of the business assembly in the world today. The ability to interact with people from the western world to the eastern world has been made easily accessible through the use of technology. The means by which we communicate has made the transferring of information faster and less personal. However still to this day the most direct‚ effective and personal way to communicate with others is face-to-face communication (Varner‚ 2008). This process allows
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Smith-Ch-13.qxd 2/22/2008 9:16 PM CHAPTER Page 219 13 Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership Zeynep Aycan Arabs worship their leaders—as long as they are in power! —House‚ Wright‚ and Aditya (1997‚ p. 535) The Dutch place emphasis on egalitarianism and are skeptical about the value of leadership. Terms like leader and manager carry a stigma. If a father is employed as a manager‚ Dutch children will not admit it to their schoolmates. —House et al. (1997‚ p. 535) The Malaysian leader is expected
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CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION BARRIERS AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Entrance This study’s purpose is define‚ discuss and evaluate cross cultural communication’s beginning‚ development and class the approach’s and description’s. Cross cultural communication’s main research is peoples culture which are having very different daily and community life. If this culture begins to interact the other culture it will be subject of cross cultural communication. Cross cultural communication is a very new area
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Language Arts 11 Schenkelberg Friday November Second Positive Cross-Cultural Encounters When you decide to encounter another culture‚ you could be surprised to find out that they are not that much different than you are. You may even develop close bonds. The books “My Sojourn in the Lands of my Ancestors” and “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” show both positive and negative examples of cross-cultural encounters. To get to know another’s culture you must first accept
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