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Managing Intercultural Conflict Effectively
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Managing Intercultural Conflict Effectively



August 2001 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This is one of the first books that clearly emphasizes the role of culture and how culture serves as the primary imprint in our habitual conflict responses. It aims to improve understanding and communication among individuals from different cultural backgrounds and explains the culture-based situational conflict model, including the relationship among conflict, ethnicity, and culture; and integrates theory and practice in the discussion of interpersonal conflict in culture, ethnic, and gender contexts. Practical examples are used to illustrate the application of theory.
 
About the Authors
 
List of Figures & Tables
 
Preface
 
1. Intercultural Conflict. An Introduction
Practical Reasons

 
Culture: A Learned Meaning System

 
Intercultural Conflict: Basic Assumptions

 
 
2. Intercultural Conflict. A Culture-Based Situational Model
A Culture-Based Situational Conflict Model: Primary Orientation Factors

 
Situational and Relationship Boundary Features

 
Intercultural Conflict Communication: Process Factors

 
Intercultural Conflict Competence: Four Criteria

 
Conclusion

 
 
3. Intercultural-Intimate Conflict in Personal Relationships
Intercultural -Intimate Conflict: Primary Factors

 
Intercultural -Intimate Conflict: Situational Features

 
Intercultural -Intimate Conflict: Process Factors

 
Intercultural -Intimate Conflict: Outcome Dimensions

 
Intercultural -Intimate Conflict: Practical Guidelines

 
 
4. Intercultural Conflict in Diverse Work Groups
What is a Group?

 
Sources of Conflict in a Culturally Diverse Group

 
Culture-Based Situational Features: Influence of Group Inputs on Conflict Process

 
Combined Situational and Process Factors: Influence of Conflict Process on Group Outputs

 
Intercultural Conflict in Diverse Work Groups: Practical Guidelines

 
 
5. Intercultural Conflict Between Managers and Employees in Organizations
Conflicts Between Managers and Employees

 
Primary Orientation Factors: A Model of Conflict Approaches

 
Conflicts in Multinational Organizations

 
Culturally Diverse Organizations in the United States

 
Intercultural Conflict Between Managers and Employees: Practical Guidelines

 
 
6. Managing Intercultural Conflict Competently
Knowledge Dimension

 
Mindfulness Dimension

 
Constructive Conflict Skills Dimension

 
Conclusions

 
 
Appendix: Measures of Face Concerns and Facework Behaviors in Four National Cultures
 
Data Collection Procedures
 
Results of Panculture Factor Analyses
 
References
 
Index

"The authors of this book bring intercultural research and theory together and develop a practical framework for understanding intercultural conflict, leading to some very specific suggestions for how we can deal with it more effectively. Whereas most literature in this area focuses on a specific context, e.g. within the family, within business organizations, or within small groups, this book spans all these contexts. This book is written for people who are involved in intimate relationships, group-work, and manager- employee relationships —in other words, everyone can benefit."

Dr. Allan E. Barsky
Interaction

Very good text for Conflict Transformation class.

Miss Aleksandra Nesic
Center for Global Engagement, Florida State University
August 2, 2012

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