Navigating power : cross-cultural competence in Navajoland / / Gelaye Debebe
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| Autore: |
Debebe Gelaye <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Navigating power : cross-cultural competence in Navajoland / / Gelaye Debebe
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (181 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 302 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social interaction - United States |
| Navajo Indians | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : cross-cultural competence -- Theoretical framework of coordination among unequals -- Membership survey project : covert conflict inhibiting coordination -- Job trends project : a commitment to unrevised assumptions -- Analyzing coordination failures -- Canyon Inn Project : resolving ambiguity -- Analyzing a coordination success -- Conclusion : navigating power. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Navigating Power: Cross-Cultural Competence in Navajoland by Gelaye Debebe uses data of an inter-organizational relationship between a Navajo and Anglo organization to show how concerns about political inequality trump cultural differences. Debebe examines how interactions among individuals representing culturally dissimilar and politically unequal groups impact task coordination in organizational settings. While past research has emphasized how cultural differences affect the course of interactions, this book focuses on the impact of |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Navigating power |
| ISBN: | 1-280-68429-1 |
| 9786613661234 | |
| 0-7391-7570-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910829054503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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