Handbook of Intercultural Training

Handbook of Intercultural Training, Volume I: Issues in Theory and Design is a compilation of nine essays dealing with a problem central to today's complex world: ""How can people best live and work with others who come from very different cultural backgrounds?"" The major focus of the nine essays in this book is the experience of living and working for long periods in other cultures. The book also focuses on other types of cross-cultural experiences, such as majority-minority group relations, training and preparation, and integration. There are analyses of possible experiences people may have, such as stress during adjustments. Other authors in this book address the benefits of intercultural action and integration into a country's educational system. International education is seen to benefit through a greater attention to face-to-face cross-cultural experience. The first seven essays are good descriptions of intercultural behavior and training, while Chapter 8 is an evaluation of cross-cultural training. The last chapter describes the atlas of affective meanings containing 620 concepts from 30 languages/culture communities for use in intercultural training and education. Behavioral and social scientists, trainers and cross-cultural scientists, overseas businessmen, foreign students, diplomats, immigrants, and other people who work in different cultures will find this handbook very helpful.

Foreword Preface Chapter 1. Conceptualizations of Intercultural Behavior and Training Chapter 2. Ethical Issues and Ethics in Cross-Cultural Training Chapter 3. Problems and Prospects in Western Approaches to Cross-National Social Science Research Chapter 4. Essentials of Studying Cultures Chapter 5. Basic Training Design: Approaches to Intercultural Training Chapter 6. Cross-Cultural Personnel Selection Criteria, Issues, and Methods Chapter 7. Intercultural Competence Chapter 8. Evaluating Cross-Cultural Training Chapter 9. The Use of the Atlas of Affective Meanings in Intercultural Training Name Index Subject Index About the Contributors