COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION, AND NEGOTIATION IN CULTURALLY HETEROGENEOUS GROUPS
Abstract
The project seeks to identify culturally critical concepts and behaviors which are likely to affect interpersonal relations and task performance in culturally heterogeneous groups. Subproject I (Triandis) developed several techniques for identifying cultural differences in interpersonal behaviors. These include the Role Differential and the Behavioral Differential by Triandis, and Semantic Feature Analysis by Osgood. The three techniques measure the ways individuals from different cultures perceive and interpret interpersonal behaviors. Subproject II developed a self-instructional training system, called the Culture Assimilator. Culture Assimilator programs are available for Iran (Chemers and Chemers); Thailand (Foa and Mitchell); and Honduras (Symonds, O'Brien, Vidmar, and Hornik). Subproject III (Fiedler) continued work on a theory of leadership effectiveness (The Contingency Model) which now enables the prediction of group and organizational performance with relatively high consistency. Particular attention during the past year has been focused on extending the Model to groups with culturally heterogeneous membership and to groups and organizations with coacting and counteracting (negotiation and bargaining) tasks. A number of methodological studies were conducted to identify some of the task-related factors which influence performance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 31, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0660674
Entities
People
- Fred E. Fiedler
- Harry C. Triandis