What it means to be a self - and a self communicating and being in a particular culture - are key issues interwoven throughout Min-Sun KimOCOs impressive text, Non-Western Perspectives on Human Communication. Going beyond cultural descriptions or instructions on adapting to specific cultures, the author interrogates the very core assumptions underlying the study of human communication and challenges longstanding individualistic, Western models on which much intercultural research is based. Kim proposes a non-western way of conceptualizing identity, or the self - the cornerstone of cultural...
What it means to be a self - and a self communicating and being in a particular culture - are key issues interwoven throughout Min-Sun KimOCOs impr...
Looks at the movements of immigrants and refugees and the challenges they face as they cross cultural boundaries and strive to build a new life in an unfamiliar place. This book focuses on the psychological dynamic underpinning of their adaptation process, and how their internal conditions change over time.
Looks at the movements of immigrants and refugees and the challenges they face as they cross cultural boundaries and strive to build a new life in an ...
This book looks at the movements of immigrants and refugees and the challenges they face as they cross cultural boundaries and strive to build a new life in an unfamiliar place. It focuses on the psychological dynamic underpinning their adaptation process; how their internal conditions change over time; the role of their ethnic and personal backgrounds and of the conditions of the host environment affecting the process. Addressing these and related issues, the author presents a comprehensive theory, or a 'big picture', of the cross cultural adaptation phenomenon.
This book looks at the movements of immigrants and refugees and the challenges they face as they cross cultural boundaries and strive to build a new l...
In the last fifty years, Korea has transformed itself from an agrarian, Confucian-based culture into a global and technological powerhouse, and one of the most important political and economic forces in the world. Based on previous research and face-to-face interviews, the book shows how contemporary Koreans negotiate traditional Confucian values and Western capitalistic values in their everyday encounters particularly in business and professional contexts. This is a useful companion book for courses in international business, intercultural communication, and Asian studies."
In the last fifty years, Korea has transformed itself from an agrarian, Confucian-based culture into a global and technological powerhouse, and one of...
