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Author : Deborah Court
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 11,48 MB
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351625772

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Qualitative Research and Intercultural Understanding: Conducting Qualitative Research in Multicultural Settings makes an important contribution to the fields of multiculturalism and qualitative research methods. The first section of the book is a textbook on qualitative methodology. Beginning with a sketch of the historical roots of qualitative research and its place in the research landscape, the book then explores the notion of culture and our individual and collective experiences of culture. The chapters that follow explain how to frame a study and ask qualitative research questions, how to strengthen the trustworthiness of qualitative findings and how to collect and analyze data and write a research report. This section closes with a chapter on research ethics. Every chapter is infused with the idea of researcher reflectivity in order to see beyond the researcher's personal cultural worldview. Examples of research studies are provided in every chapter, and each chapter concludes with questions and exercises for critical thought. The second section of the book is comprised of five contributed chapters in which researchers describe their own challenges in conducting research in multicultural settings. Graduate students, experienced researchers and all those interested in multiculturalism will find something to learn and enjoy in this vivid and unusual book.

Author : Zhu Hua
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 35,83 MB
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1118837460

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Research Methods in Intercultural Communication introduces and contextualizes the most important methodological issues in the field for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Examples of these issues are which paradigms and how to research multilingually, interculturally and ethnically. Provides the first dedicated and most comprehensive volume on research methods in intercultural communication research in the last 30 years Explains new and emerging methods, as well as more established ones. These include: Matched Guise Technique, Discourse Completion Task, Critical Incident Technique, Critical Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Virtual Ethnography, Corpus Analysis, Multimodality, Conversation Analysis, Narrative Analysis, Questionnaire and Interview. Assists readers in determining the most suitable method for various research questions, conceptualizing the research process, interpreting results, and drawing conclusions Supports students from start to finish with key terms, suggestions for further reading, research summaries, and sound guidance from experienced scholars and researchers

Author : Mary Masterson
Publisher : LaCuLi. Language Culture Literacy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,88 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Intercultural communication
ISBN : 9783631726891

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This book explores how culture can be taught in the foreign language classroom and how language learners can acquire interpretative skills for a deeper understanding of different cultures. The author examines the role foreign language proficiency has on the students' ability to learn.

Author : Georgina Gabor
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1527500756

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The book purports to mediate between various culturally determined profiles of the discipline of Communication Studies. While it directs the reader’s attention to landmark American texts in intercultural communication, it also signals the potential to make reading a relational praxis, thus writing a way out of the disciplinary meta-narratives of identification. Through its focus on studies which employ critical or (auto)ethnographic methods, the book represents a mediator of cultural meanings. Its unique approach resides in the offering of a personal incursion through the texts under scrutiny, which allows the reader a pathway, a practical orientation towards criticism in general, and the appropriate means to perform it.

Author : Pranee Liamputtong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1402085672

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Conducting cross-cultural research is rife with methodological, ethical and moral challenges. Researchers are challenged with many issues in carrying out their research with people in cross-cultural arenas. In this book, I attempt to bring together salient issues for the conduct of culturally appropriate research. The task of undertaking cross-cultural research can present researchers with unique opportunities, and yet dilemmas. The book will provide some thought-provoking points so that our research may proceed relatively well and yet ethical in our approach. The subject of the book is on the ethical, methodological, political understanding and practical procedures in undertaking cross-cultural research. The book will bring readers through a series of questions: who am I working with? What ethical and moral considerations do I need to observe? How should I conduct the research which is culturally appropriate to the needs of people I am researching? How do I deal with language issues? How will I negotiate access? And what research methods should I apply to ensure a successful research process? The book is intended for postgraduate students who are undertaking research as part of their degrees. It is also intended for researchers who are working in cross-cultural studies and in poor nations.

Author : Elhami, Ali
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 20,66 MB
Release : 2024-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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In an increasingly globalized world, migration has become prevalent, with individuals seeking better opportunities in new environments. However, migrants often face numerous challenges, including racism, language barriers, and unemployment, which can hinder their integration and well-being in the host country. These obstacles require a deeper understanding of migrants' experiences and the factors influencing their integration process. Principles of Conducting Qualitative Research in Multicultural Settings takes a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing the complexities of migration and multiculturalism. This book offers a detailed exploration of qualitative research design, data collection techniques, and data analysis methods tailored for studying multicultural populations. By incorporating diverse research methods such as participant observation and visual documentation, the book provides a holistic understanding of immigrant experiences, enriching policy recommendations and interventions.

Author : Fred Dervin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317811968

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This volume focuses on advances in research methodology in an interdisciplinary field framed by discourses of identity and interculturality. It includes a range of qualitative studies: studies of interaction, narrative studies, conversation analysis, ethnographic studies, postcolonial studies and critical discourse studies, and emphasizes the role of discourse and power in all studies of identity and interculturality. The volume particularly focuses on critical reflexivity in every stage of research, including reflections on theoretical concepts (such as ‘identity’ and ‘interculturality’) and their relationship with methodology and analytical practice, reflections on researcher identity and subjectivity, reflections on local and global contexts of research, and reflections on language choice and linguacultural aspects of data generation, analysis and communication.

Author : Phiona Stanley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 26,84 MB
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317482247

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The premise that intercultural contact produces intercultural competence underpins much rationalization of backpacker tourism and in-country language education. However, if insufficiently problematized, pre-existing constructions of cultural 'otherness' may hinder intercultural competence development. This is nowhere truer than in contexts in which wide disparities of power, wealth, and privilege exist, and where such positionings may go unproblematized. This study contributes to theoretical understandings of how intercultural competence develops through intercultural contact situations through a detailed, multiple case study of three conceptually comparable contexts in which Western backpackers study Spanish in Latin America. This experience, often 'bundled' with home-stay, volunteer work, social, and tourist experiences, offers a rich set of empirical data within which to understand the nature of intercultural competence and the processes through which it may be developed. Models of a single, context-free, transferable intercultural competence are rejected. Instead, suggestions are made as to how educators might help prepare intercultural sojourners by scaffolding their intercultural reflections and problematizing their own intersectional identities and their assumptions. The study is a critical ethnography with elements of autoethnographic reflection. The book therefore also contributes to development of this qualitative research methodology and provides an empirical example of its application.

Author : Pranee Liamputtong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 38,27 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139487647

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Cross-cultural research is rife with ethical and methodological challenges but, despite the increased demand for such research, discussions on 'culturally sensitive methodologies' are still largely neglected. Consequently, researchers often find themselves faced with difficulties but lack information on how to deal with them. This text provides an in-depth discussion on how to perform qualitative research in cross-cultural contexts with an emphasis on a more ethical, sensible and responsible approach. Pranee Liamputtong suggests culturally sensitive and appropriate research methods that would work well with cultural groups. She offers thought-provoking perspectives and diverse cultural examples which will be of value to both novice and experienced cross-cultural researchers. Throughout the volume there are references to the excellent work of many cross-cultural researchers who have paved the way in different social and cultural settings.

Author : Philippe d'Iribarne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2020-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0192599402

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Drawing on thirty years of empirical research, this book reveals the diversity of managerial practices that may be observed throughout the world, even in places where companies are using management methods that appear identical. Using data from over fifty countries, it presents a new theoretical approach to cultural diversity whereby culture is considered a filter through which people understand reality and give it meaning. This interpretative perspective reminds us that interactions within organizational contexts are primarily social, and thus conceived differently from one culture to another. This is fundamental to our understanding of the challenges of globalization and the powerful forces that foster the international homogenization of management practices. Leadership, decision-making, customer relations, ethics and corporate social responsibility, and interpersonal and corporate communication are just some aspects of management underpinned and influenced by cultural variation. In response to this intellectual and practical challenge this book provides methodological guidelines to enable researchers and practitioners to engage in an alternative approach to cross-cultural management.