In intercultural contexts, people do not always find it easy to put through the message they intend to convey to people of other cultures even when they speak the same language. There seems to be some non-linguistic obstacles standing in between them. Consequently, misinterpretation and ...
This study explores heterogeneity in family firms' communication behaviour across cultures. The authors propose that variations in the background of family firms, including culture, industry, public or private status, and age, influence their propensity to reference their family identity on their ...
In summary, in a globalized world, intercultural competency is a broad-ranging and critical issue, affecting communication within interpersonal contact and in the domain of business. There is a long-standing debate regarding the important phenomenon of how cultural divergence serves as a key factor ...
Cultural factors affecting the self-care of cancer survivors: An integrative review 5Conclusion Despite recognizing the importance of insight into cultural influencing factors that influence cancer survivors' self-care behavior, the clear nature of these factors has not been elucidated. Therefore, in ord...
ISSUES OF TECHNOLOGY. More seriously, the failure of businesspeople to modify their communication to accommodate environmental differences often derives from ethnocentric inflexibility toward culturally learned views of technology. Generally, cultures may be divided into three approaches toward technology: (1...
It considers trade in cultural products and inbound tourism as proxy variables of cultural communication and the visitor economy to analyze cultural communication’s impact on the visitor economy’s development and finds that cultural communication significantly promotes the visitor economy’s development....
At the same time children have an obvious advantage in the tasks related to gestural communication, observational learning, and understanding of intentions. Tomasello (1999: p. 213) concludes his analysis by stating that: “Language does not create new cognitive processes out of nothing, of course...
Small business owners and representatives face a sometimes dizzying array of communication considerations when they decide to move into the international arena, but most issues can be satisfactorily addressed by 1) respectfulness toward all people you meet; 2) thinking before speaking; and 3) research...
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Determining the patient's Box 1 Difficulties in communication affecting care Trying to assess how much pain this chap was in via an interpreter I found very difficult, and we had trouble getting his pain killers right, trying to work out was he on the right mixture and was there any side ...