Cross cultural connections [electronic resource] : stepping out and fitting in around the world / Duane Elmer.

By:

Elmer, Duane, 1943-

Publication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2002.Description: 1 online resource (215 p.) : illISBN:

9780830874828 (electronic bk.)
0830874828 (electronic bk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cross cultural connections.DDC classification:

261 22

LOC classification:

BV2082.I57 E46 2002

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Monkeys, mission, and us -- Your part of God's story -- Right, wrong, and different -- Culture is everywhere, and it sneaks up on you -- Culture shocks -- Identifying expectations -- Square heads and round heads -- Cultural adjustment map -- Openness : how to be approachable -- Acceptance : how to be positive -- Trust : how to build strong relationships -- Skills for cross-cultural effectiveness -- Time and event -- Task and relationship -- Individualism and collectivism -- Categorical and holistic thinking -- Logic : straight or curved -- Achieved status and ascribed status -- Guilt and shame -- Worship expression : from low to high -- Re-entry : you are never the same.

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