of leadership and communication styles. Within a cohort of Indian leaders, there are diverse ethnic groups and gender factors that might impact power, influence and authority. Likewise, an American will have different leadership styles and attitudes towards power, influence, and authority versus someone from Scandinavia.
The background and experience level of the leaders, their exposure to diverse workplace environments and organizational cultures, the organization's policy toward diversity, and its gender composition will all have strong bearings on whether "the Eastern leaders coming into Western offices or the Western leaders coming into Eastern offices"… Continue Reading...
same way. Knowing gender differences also helps the investigator remain sensitive to different communication styles. Investigators need to empower the subject, rather than antagonize, in order to elicit as much credible and useful information as possible.
Another important skill for the investigator is the establishment of both rapport and empathy. To establish rapport and empathy, the investigator will rely on situational and contextual cues, including the demographics of the subject, the time and place of the meeting, and the background story of the subject too. The investigator needs to create a harmonious environment that is conducive to bilateral communication, helping the subject to… Continue Reading...
and the possibilities of misunderstanding. There are significant cultural differences in perceptions of time, communication styles and gender roles between the two cultures. When I feel hungry among these people with a very different culture, I will choose to go to a restaurant. This is based on the knowledge about restaurants as universally accepted eating places across all cultures. In my interaction, language is likely to be a barrier to communication (Fontaine, 2007). For effective communication, I will seek a person from that culture who understands my language to interpret my request and guide me through the culturally acceptable foods within that culture. An… Continue Reading...
been in America for a while, I understand the culture better but at first the nonverbal communication styles and lack of formality was surprising.
Another thing I found surprising and perhaps shocking is related to college life in America. For example, living in a dormitory was totally foreign to me. I was thrust into a new subculture on campus, and had to share my personal space with a roommate. Losing my privacy enhanced the overall sense of culture shock I was experiencing when first moving to the United States and attending college at NBPS. As I reflect on my experiences living in the dorm, I recognize… Continue Reading...
communication styles, habits, values and mental constructs manifest and are revealed (Littlejohn & Foss, 2009).
Hence, when two people interact, they still have to engage in some sort of coordination, through a conscious or subconscious understanding of culture (Littlejohn & Foss, 2009). Jackson makes the argument that daily communication also contains “small print” that reveals some of the more covert or nebulous aspects of a relationship as part of the overall contract (Littlejohn & Foss, 2009). Hence, there needs to be a certain amount of identity negotiation which can help… Continue Reading...
Those values, beliefs, behaviors, and communication styles become part of the person’s self-concept, which in turn influences how the person is perceived by others. A person might also act from the… Continue Reading...
communication styles, and worldviews. Linguistic coding can be shown in experimental research to have a measurable effect on “nonlinguistic cognition,” implying that language shapes cognitive schemas, worldviews, and other large-scale patterns of thought (Levinson 41). Levinson also shows that contrary to the anecdotal evidence used to support Pinker’s position, evidence supporting the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis uses experimental methods, particularly focusing on the rendition of numbers, colors, and geographic descriptors. The Whorf position is not deterministic, though. For instance, abstract thought can occur in non-linguistic ways, giving rise to mathematical, musical, or… Continue Reading...
communication styles, thinking styles, and overall approaches to learning. The author also shows what the consequences of these values are, and how it impacts the entire life trajectory of individual students. The effects have long-term ramifications for the American economy and society, too, as successive generations of African Americans are systematically thwarted from serving in positions of power in any field. For Woodson to recognize these facts would have been remarkable in the early 20th century. Yet Woodson accomplishes far more than mere complaining in the book. The author sets… Continue Reading...
