目录
I. CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS
1. Intercultural Communication: An Introduction
Why Study Intercultural Communication?
Global Diversity Trends
Domestic Diversity Trends
Interpersonal Learning Opportunities
What Is Intercultural Communication?
Conceptualization of Culture
Conceptualization of Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication: Five Core Assumptions
2.Mindful Intercultural Communication:
An Identity Negotiation Perspective
The Identity Negotiation Perspective
The Theoretical Background
Primary Identity Domains
Situational Identities
Summary
The Identity Negotiation Theory
Core Theoretical Assumptions
Assumptions 1-4
Assumptions 5 and 6
Assumption 7
Assumption 8
Mindful Intercultural Communication
Threefold Outcomes of Mindful
Intercultural Communication
Mindful Intercultural Communication:
Criteria and Components
II. THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION PROCESS:
DISSIMILAR ASSUMPTIONS
3. Value Orientations and Intercultural Encounters
Classical Value Orientations
Basic Assumptions
People-Nature Value Orientation
Temporal Orientation
Human Nature Orientation
Activity Orientation
Relational Orientation
Cross-Cultural Organizational Value Dimensions
Individualism-Collectivism: The Core Dimension
The Power Distance Dimension
The Uncertainty Avoidance Dimension
The Masculinity and Femininity Dimension
The Confucian Dynamism Dimension
Loose and Tight Social Structures
Values, Self-Conception Consequences, and Interaction
Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal
Personal and Collective Self-Esteem
Universalistic-Based versus Particularistic-Based Interaction
Summary
Recommendations
4. Mindful Intercultural Verbal Communication
Human Language: A Coherent System
Arbitrariness
Multilayered Rules
Speech Community
Languages across Cultures: Diverse Functions
The Group Identity Function
The Perceptual Filtering Function
The Cognitive Reasoning Function
The Status and Intimacy Function
The Creativity Function
Cross-Cultural Verbal Communication Styles
Low-Context and High-Context Communication
Direct and Indirect Verbal Interaction Styles
Person-Oriented and Status-Oriented Verbal Styles
Self-Enhancement and Self-Effacement Verbal Styles
Beliefs Expressed in Talk and Silence
Recommendations
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III.BOUNDARY REGULATION AND INTERGROUPINTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENTS
IV.IDENTITY TRANSFORMATION AND TRANSCULTURAL COMPETENCIES
References
Index