Intercultural relations in Asia [[electronic resource] ] : migration and work effectiveness / / editors, Chan-Hoong Leong, John W. Berry

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.8095
• Soggetto topico: Intercultural communication - Asia; Asians - Foreign countries; Work
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Emigration and immigration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LeongChan-Hoong BerryJohn W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acculturation and social cohesion, emerging issues for Asian immigrants in New Zealand / Colleen Ward -- Migrating talent, subsequent mobility of recent Asian immigrants to and from New Zealand / Elsie Ho -- Immigration and integration, the Canadian experience / John W. Berry -- Preparing managers for intercultural leadership / Dharm P.S. Bhawuk, Vijayan P. Munusamy, and Keith H. Sakuda -- Work in cultural translation, workplace encounters in Taiwanese firms with western migrant employees / Rueyling Tzeng -- Sociocultural competence for career success and social integration, the case of Asians in Australia / Anita S. Mak -- "Show me the money!" Construct and predictive validation of the intercultural business corruptibility scale (IBCS) / Chan-Hoong Leong and Weirong Lin -- A study in cross-cultural adjustment, the American community in India / Kiveli Kazila Filmeridis -- Expectations and real life, cross-cultural adaptation of Chinese students in China and the Netherlands / Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven, Jianhua Long, and Wenhua Yan -- The influence of adult attachment styles on urban residents' attitudes toward acculturation strategies of rural-to-urban migrants in China / Huadong Yang, Lili Tian, and Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book showcases some of the key thematic issues reported by Asian migrants and sojourners residing abroad, as well as non-Asians living in the Far East. The diverse range and scope of the papers demonstrate the interdisciplinary, convoluted and intertwined perspectives in human transnational movement. The book comprises four thematic sections, in Intercultural Relations and Social Integration, cross-national interactions and the notion of rootedness and nation state among individuals and their families form the nexus of discussion. On Cultural Competency in Workplace and Social Environme
• Titolo autorizzato: Intercultural relations in Asia
• ISBN: 1-282-75752-0; 9786612757525; 981-283-787-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455567203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II