Bridging The Gap Between Cross-cultural Communication
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Building effective communication skills and relationships within a single culture is often challenging. Bridging the gap between different cultures makes building communication skills and relationships even more difficult. I will discuss some of the challenges of cross-cultural communication and th ....
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.... for success in communication and relationships. Mutual respect should be based on the following criteria:
always allow for and assume differences, until similarity is proved
emphasize description, rather than definition or judgment
practice empathy
treat your interpretation as a unproved theory until further understanding proves certainty
Often, cultural differences are easily identified and therefore, easy to adapt to; but, others are significantly more d ....
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