by Dr . Daniel ( Dan ) Landis (Author), Dr . Janet M . Bennett (Author), Dr . Milton J . Bennett (Author)
This handbook deals with the question of how people can best live and work with others who come from very different cultural backgrounds. Handbook of Intercultural Training provides an overview of current trends and issues in the field of intercultural training.
Contributors represent a wide range of disciplines including psychology, interpersonal communication, human resource management, international management, anthropology, social work, and education. Twenty-four chapters, all new to this edition, cover an array of topics including training for specific contexts, instrumentation and methods, and training design.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: Third Edition
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 19 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 0761923322
ISBN 13: 9780761923329
The Handbook of Intercultural Training, Third Edition provides a thorough grounding in the history, concepts and methods underlying intercultural training. The many analyses of tools, methods and approaches for specific contexts offer guidance in designing and conducting effective training interventions. The collected theoretical and practical information presented in this book is critical for professional interculturalists.
-- Lee Gardenswartz, Ph.D. and Anita Rowe, Ph.DThis book is just in time and just for me. It's as if someone assembled all the interculturalists I admire and respect and bribed them to share their latest and best thoughts in a well-crafted chapter. You'll probably feel the same way.
-- Sivasailam Thiagi Thiagarajan, Ph. D