By Edward C. Stewart, Milton J. Bennett
A vastly increased research of the 1972 vintage by means of Edward Stewart, Stewart and Bennett introduce new cross-cultural comparisons drawn from fresh learn on worth platforms, conception psychology, cultural anthropology, and intercultural verbal exchange. American cultural characteristics are remoted out, analyzed, and in comparison with parallel features of different cultures to find implications for cross-cultural interaction.
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This examine of yankee behavioural and proposal styles analyzes Americans' perceptual tactics and the way they distinction with the methods of considering different cultures. The textual content covers language and non-verbal behaviour and breaks down cultural styles into 4 dimensions: kind of job, type of social kinfolk, belief of the area, and belief of the self. This research is helping the reader study the cultural dimensions of verbal exchange and their implications for cross-cultural interplay.
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