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Understanding Culture's Influence on Behavior

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ISBN-10: 0155083406

ISBN-13: 9780155083400

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Richard W. Brislin

List price: $239.95
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Written in a lively, engaging style with many examples to illustrate complex concepts, this text helps readers to understand the influence of intercultural interactions in their own lives. It introduces students to disciplines, including cross-cultural psychology, intercultural communication, and international organizational behavior, that study culture's influence on human behavior. It covers a wide range of topics, such as schooling, work, gender, socialization of children, and health. This solid treatment of basic concepts applicable in the study of all behavior and social sciences lets students see that the study of culture and cultural differences is inherently connected to the other…    
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Book details

List price: $239.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 10/7/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Richard Breslin's current research focuses on mentoring, cross-cultural training materials and the experiences of business people on overseas assignments. Brislin reviews submissions for over ten professional journals and five major textbook publishers. He develops materials for use in cross-cultural training programs and is the author of a text in cross-cultural psychology. One of his books, "The Art of Getting Things Done: A Practical Guide to the Use of Power," was a Book of the Month Club selection in 1992. His most recent publication is Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide," published by SAGE Publications.

Conceptualizing Culture and Its Impact
Theoretical Concepts for Understanding Culture
Some Methodological Concerns in Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Research
Socialization
Formal Educational Experiences
Intergroup Relations: Cultures in Contact
Interacting Successfully with People from other Cultures
Culture's Effects on the Work World
Culture and Gender
Culture and Health
Some Predictions for the Future