Simulation Studies of Communication Behavior under Stress: Concluding Observations.
Abstract
In a study of cross-cultural interaction terminated in the second year of a projected five year research effort, enough data were gathered in the course of systematic laboratory observational research and in a pilot laboratory experimental study, to allow the reaching of certain general conclusions. These indicated that cross-cultural interaction is unique and quite distinct from culturally homogeneous interaction; that cross-cultural interaction is predictable, especially in its early and formal phases; and that over time, flexibility and adaptation become crucial to the on-going interaction. The challenge of these conclusions to the assumptions of many current training programs for cross-cultural interaction is pointed out, as well as the implications of the conclusions for the development of new kinds of cross-cultural interaction training programs. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 10, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0716449
Entities
People
- E. L. Quarantelli
Organizations
- Ohio State University