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Understanding diversity : a learning-as-practice primer / Barbara F. Okun, Jane Fried, Marcia L. Okun.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Pacific Grove : Brooks/Cole Pub. Co., c1999.Description: xiv, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0534348106
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.3/4 21
LOC classification:
  • HM 132 O41u 1999
Contents:
Developing self-awareness: from the inside out. Self and verbal interactions -- Self and nonverbal interactions -- Developing awareness of others: from the inside out -- Emotions: their permissibility and expression -- Self: where it is, where it ends -- Relationships: rules, roles, and scripts --Time and space: hidden communications.
Summary: The authors offer information and exercises that help readers learn to assess cross-cultural situations and interact personally and professionally with others who are likely, because of their different cultural backgrounds, to have different values, perceptions, behaviors, and expectations of how people should act towards them. Throughout the book, readers will find examples that will help them see how cultural expectations may shape their own reactions to common situations.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 132 O41u 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000122332

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and indexes.

Developing self-awareness: from the inside out. Self and verbal interactions -- Self and nonverbal interactions -- Developing awareness of others: from the inside out -- Emotions: their permissibility and expression -- Self: where it is, where it ends -- Relationships: rules, roles, and scripts --Time and space: hidden communications.

The authors offer information and exercises that help readers learn to assess cross-cultural situations and interact personally and professionally with others who are likely, because of their different cultural backgrounds, to have different values, perceptions, behaviors, and expectations of how people should act towards them. Throughout the book, readers will find examples that will help them see how cultural expectations may shape their own reactions to common situations.

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