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The Guilford Communication Ser.: Communicating Across Cultures by Stella Ting-Toomey (1999, Trade Paperback)
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From high-level business negotiations to casual conversations among friends, every interpersonal interaction is shaped by cultural norms and expectations. Seldom is this more clearly brought to light than in encounters between people from different cultural backgrounds, when dissimilar communication practices may lead to frustration and misunderstanding. This thought-provoking text presents a new framework for understanding the impact of culture on communication and for helping students build intercultural communication competence. With illustrative examples from around the globe, the book shows that verbal and nonverbal communication involves much more than transmitting a particular message--it also reflects each participant's self-image, group identifications and values, and privacy and relational needs. Readers learn to move effectively and appropriately through a wide range of transcultural situations by combining culture-specific knowledge with mindful listening and communication skills. Throughout, helpful tables and charts and easy-to-follow guidelines for putting concepts into practice enhance the book's utility for students.Product Identifiers
PublisherGuilford Publications
ISBN-101572304456
ISBN-139781572304451
eBay Product ID (ePID)211464
Product Key Features
Number of Pages310 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCommunicating Across Cultures
Publication Year1999
SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, Business Communication / General, Ethnic Studies / General, Communication Studies
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Business & Economics, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
AuthorStella Ting-Toomey
SeriesThe Guilford Communication Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN98-049353
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsOf inestimable value for all individuals who recognize the importance of 'global and domestic diversity trends.'...One of the most helpful features of this book is the very liberal use of worldwide examples, charts and diagrams, which Ting-Toomey uses as teaching tools....Whether one is conversing with peers, loved-ones or business contacts, using the strategies and information found in the pages of this book will, most assuredly, add to the quality of those interactions., "Several formatting choices show the care that has been taken to facilitate the learning process for undergraduates and graduate students using it as a text, including visual representations of theories, concise chapter summaries, and highlighting of key concepts. The writing is clear and precise, and the examples are well chosen. No doubt generations of students will be grateful to Ting-Toomey for the thoughtfulness that went into planning this book. Communicating Across Cultures is a useful introduction to the literature of intercultural communication at an advanced level, and it presents a much-needed theory of identity negotiation, a theory certain to stimulate important research." --Journal of Communication, "Of inestimable value for all individuals who recognize the importance of 'global and domestic diversity trends.'...One of the most helpful features of this book is the very liberal use of worldwide examples, charts and diagrams, which Ting-Toomey uses as teaching tools....Whether one is conversing with peers, loved-ones or business contacts, using the strategies and information found in the pages of this book will, most assuredly, add to the quality of those interactions."--Transcultural Psychiatry, "This thorough, straightforward book ties together theory and research to explain a previously elusive and unarticulated process for negotiating culturally based identities in intercultural relationships. Mindful identity negotiation theory, as Ting-Toomey refers to her approach, identifies the key factors in regulating the extent to which communicators feel understood, respected, and supported in intercultural communication. A comprehensive treatment and an excellent synthesis of the literature, this book will be especially useful as a text in upper-division undergraduate and graduate-level courses on intercultural communication." --Dudley D. Cahn, PhD, Professor, Communication & Media Department, State University of New York, New Paltz "This book presents an integrative theory that draws inspiration from social identity theory, symbolic interactionism, and the communication discipline. To communicate effectively, the author shows, we must be ready to shift frames of reference, use new categories to understand cultural perspectives, and experiment with creative avenues of decision making and problem solving. Especially strong in its discussions of the functions of language, the book presents excellent examples of communication across cultures as well as practical advice on how to improve communication. It would make an excellent undergraduate or graduate text in courses on intercultural communication." --Harry C. Triandis, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, "Several formatting choices show the care that has been taken to facilitate the learning process for undergraduates and graduate students using it as a text, including visual representations of theories, concise chapter summaries, and highlighting of key concepts. The writing is clear and precise, and the examples are well chosen. No doubt generations of students will be grateful to Ting-Toomey for the thoughtfulness that went into planning this book.Communicating Across Culturesis a useful introduction to the literature of intercultural communication at an advanced level, and it presents a much-needed theory of identity negotiation, a theory certain to stimulate important research." --Journal of Communication "Of inestimable value for all individuals who recognize the importance of 'global and domestic diversity trends.'...One of the most helpful features of this book is the very liberal use of worldwide examples, charts and diagrams, which Ting-Toomey uses as teaching tools....Whether one is conversing with peers, loved-ones or business contacts, using the strategies and information found in the pages of this book will, most assuredly, add to the quality of those interactions."--Transcultural Psychiatry
Target AudienceScholarly & Professional
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal302.2
Lc Classification NumberGn345.6.T56 1999
Table of ContentPreface I. Conceptual Foundations 1. Intercultural Communication: An Introduction 2. Mindful Intercultural Communication: An Identity Negotiation Perspective II. The Intercultural Communication Process: Dissimilar Assumptions 3. Value Orientations and Intercultural Encounters 4. Mindful Intercultural Verbal Communication 5. Mindful Intercultural Nonverbal Communication III. Boundary Regulation and Intergroup Interpersonal Relationship Developments 6. Identity Contact and Intergroup Encounters 7. Intercultural Personal Relationship Development: Identity- and Relational-Based Themes 8. Constructive Intercultural Conflict Management IV. Identity Transformation and Transcultural Competencies 9. Identity Change and Intercultural Adaptation 10. Transcultural Communication Competence
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