| The Intercultural Dynamics of Multicultural Working, 19 Contributor(s): Guilherme, Manuela (Editor), Glaser, Evelyne (Editor), Méndez-García, María del Carmen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847692850 ISBN-13: 9781847692856 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Business & Economics | Management - General |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2010018331 |
| Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.70 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a theoretical and practical discussion of intercultural communication and interaction and is aimed at academic courses as well as professional development programmes. It focuses, from a critical perspective, on the intercultural dynamics established between the members of multicultural groups/teams in various types of work environments. Selected academics and other experts on intercultural communication and interaction, representing different approaches and professional experience, joined, collaborated and contributed to the fulfilment of a three-year project where they developed a model in eight axes: - Intercultural Responsibility, Emotional Management, Intercultural Interaction, Communicative Interaction, Ethnography, Biography, Diversity Management and Working in Multicultural Teams. Each chapter provides an interdisciplinary account of its topic as well as an activity which aims to illustrate the ideas proposed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Glaser, Evelyne: - Evelyne Glaser is director of the Centre for Business Languages and Intercultural Communication at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. Her research interests include: intercultural communication, language acquisition, multicultural teams, aspects of global business and management, curriculum development.Guilherme, Manuela: - Manuela Guilherme is a Senior Researcher at the Centro de Estudos Sociais at the University of Coimbra. She conceptualised and coordinated the ICOPROMO project on which this book is based . She is the author of Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World: Foreign Language Education as cultural politics, Multilingual Matters, 2002. |