Communicating With Strangers: An Approach to Intercultural Communication - Brossura

Gudykunst, William; Kim, Young Yun

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ISBN 10: 0072321245 ISBN 13: 9780072321241

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2002

Riassunto

This successful intercultural communication text provides a comprehensive overview of important theory and research in intercultural communication. Communicating with Strangers looks at the basic processes of intercultural communication and ties those processes to the practical task of creating understanding between people of different cultures, backgrounds and communication patterns.

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L'autore

William B. Gudykunst is a professor speech communication at California State University, Fullerton. He received his B.S. and M.A. degrees in sociology from Arizona State University. After completing his M.A., Bill spent three years in the U.S. Navy stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. He became interested in intercultural communication while working as an Intercultural Relations Specialist in the Navy. After being released from active duty, Bill went to the University of Minnesota, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1977. Bills work focuses on developing a theory of interpersonal and intergroup effectiveness that can be applied to improving the quality of communication. Bill is the author of Bridging Differences (Sage, 1994) and coauthor of Cultural and Interpersonal Communication (with S. Ting-Tommey, Sage, 1988), Bridging Japanese/North American Differences (with T. Nishida, Sage, 1994), and Building Bridges (Houghton Mifflin, 1995). He has also edited six other books with various publishers.

Product Description

Book by GudykunstWilliam KimYoung Yun

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0072321245
• ISBN 13: 9780072321241
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 468