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Understanding cross-cultural communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

David R Thomas
David R Thomas*
Affiliation:
University of Waikato, New Zealand
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Department of Psychology, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Abstract

The need for cross-cultural communication skills arises whenever people from different languages and cultures come into contact. With increased tourism, international business, students studying overseas, and increasing awareness of indigenous minority cultures there is concern to foster better communication among different cultural groups. In the present paper, examples of cultural differences in communication in Australia and New Zealand are presented. Two approaches to the training of cross-cultural communication skills are described: the cultural assimilator developed by Brislin, and McCaffery's “learning how to learn” orientation.

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South Pacific Journal of Psychology , Volume 7 , 1994 , pp. 2 - 8
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Copyright © University of Papua New Guinea & University of Central Queensland 1994

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