Group processes in ethnically diverse organizations : language and intercultural learning / Jakob Lauring and Charlotte Jonasson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lauring, Jakob, author.

Jonasson, Charlotte, author.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication.

Ethnic groups--Education.

Ethnic groups.

Multicultural education.

Language and education.

Language and culture.

Ethnic attitudes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rise of the internationalised business environment and the intensification of global competition have led to an increasing number of people travelling across cultural and linguistic boundaries. As a result, dealing with the full complexity of ethnic diversity has become a daily task for a substantial part of the business community, as well as other parts of society. Due to this recent development, the understanding of intercultural communication has gained importance in utilising advantages connected to doing business in diverse environments. By drawing on anthropological theories on ethnicity and ethnic identity this book argues that the relation between language, learning, and ethnic identity is a dynamic and dialectical process of intercultural interaction and negotiation.

Contents:

Introduction

Language, learning, and ethnicity

Intercultural learning processes

Ethnic groups and boundaries in social anthropology

Language and ethnic identity

Methodology

Cases

Case two: Saudi-Arabia : language as a powerful segregation tool

Discussion and implications.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61209-060-5