Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1997. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 381-406).

Submitted by Núcleo de Pós-Graduação Administração (npgadm@ufba.br) on 2017-11-08T20:01:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 GRACE KELLY RODRIGUES.pdf: 2063099 bytes, checksum: 1970f60f8503a9e43ba286e07b382cdc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Angela Dortas (dortas@ufba.br) on 2017-11-16T14:26:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 GRACE KELLY RODRIGUES.pdf: 2063099 bytes, checksum: 1970f60f8503a9e43ba286e07b382cdc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-16T14:26:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GRACE KELLY RODRIGUES.pdf: 2063099 bytes, checksum: 1970f60f8503a9e43ba286e07b382cdc (MD5) / A presente tese, inserida no âmbito do Núcleo de Pós Graduação em Administração - NPGA, da Escola de Administração da Universidade Federal da Bahia - EAUFBA, tem como tema central a competência intercultural de gestores envolvidos em processos de internacionalização de negócios. O objetivo geral do estudo é compreender o significado da competência intercultural e analisar como características da formação cultural brasileira se relacionam com essa competência. Pressupõe-se que a competência necessária aos gestores em contextos culturais distintos transcende aquelas centradas na atividade-fim da organização, contemplando a inter-relação de aspectos técnicos a aspectos pessoais e de relacionamento, resultando numa competência entendida como intercultural. Pressupõe-se, ainda, que traços da formação cultural brasileira se assemelham às diversas características que constituem o conceito de competência intercultural. O referencial teórico que dá suporte ao estudo concentra-se em conceitos-chave para a pesquisa, como a competência intercultural, cultura e interculturalidade, características da formação cultural brasileira e gestão intercultural. Caracterizada como pesquisa exploratória de natureza qualitativa, a investigação empírica ocorreu por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas junto a gestores brasileiros com experiência em expatriação. A análise das informações de campo se deu por meio da Análise de Conteúdo. A pesquisa concluiu que a competência intercultural representa um conceito ainda em construção. Foi possível inferir que a natureza da competência intercultural está relacionada um conjunto de conhecimentos, habilidades pessoais e relacionais em constante interação, e que permitem ao gestor reconhecer e compreender a existência de crenças e valores próprios de cada cultura, estabelecer diálogos produtivos com diferentes grupos culturais, além de dirimir conflitos resultantes de possíveis choques interculturais. Concluiuse, ainda, que as características da competência intercultural são flexíveis e podem assumir graus distintos de relevância conforme a realidade encontrada. Por fim, foi possível verificar a proximidade, sob vários aspectos, entre as características da competência intercultural expressas na teoria e nos achados de campo, e traços da cultura brasileira, os quais podem ser favoráveis ao aprimoramento da competência intercultural.

The Millennial Generation is a young generation now required to effectively and efficiently navigate the cultural diversity that they encounter in various group settings throughout the United States. Research has examined conflict management styles and intercultural sensitivity, but few studies have investigated these two concepts specifically within the Millennial Generation. The purpose of this study is to fill the gap that exists in the current literature through an examination of the relationship between intercultural sensitivity and conflict management styles within the Millennial Generation in a hypothetical intercultural group setting. The results from 221 participants indicate that positive and negative relationships exist among the dimensions of intercultural sensitivity and conflict management styles, Millennials show a preference for conflict management styles that reflect a concern for self, and Millennials report high Interaction Confidence and low Respect for Cultural Difference. Limitations and directions for future research are also discussed.

En 1872, los ranqueles firmaron un tratado de paz con los misioneros y jefes militares de los puestos de frontera de la Pampa. Tal tratado sería el último en regular las relaciones entre los ranqueles, indígenas de la etnia mapuche, y los “cristianos” en la Pampa hasta 1879, cuando tropas argentinas invadieron el territorio y tomaron posesión del mismo. Un análisis de las cartas y otros documentos escritos de este período muestran que, en este contexto de comunicación intercultural, personas bilingües, los lenguaraces, desempeñaron un rol fundamental, aun cuando su participación en el proceso comunicativo pocas veces es explícito. El lenguaraz tenía la tarea de intermediar entre dos culturas valiéndose de sus conocimientos culturales, idiomáticos y expresivos. La teoría de los entornos de Eugenio Coseriu sirve para analizar en qué medida la participación de un traductor o intérprete, mencionado explícitamente u omitido, afectó e influyó en los textos orales y los documentos escritos. / In 1872 the Ranqueles signed a peace treaty with missionaries and military leaders on the frontier-post of the Pampa. This peace treaty will be the last document to regulate the relationship between the Ranqueles, indigenous peoples of Mapuche descent, and the “Christians” in the argentine Pampa until in 1879 argentine troops invade the territory and take possession of it. An analysis of letters and other written documents from this period shows, that in this environment of intercultural communication bilingual persons, lenguaraces, played a major part, even though their participation in the communicational process is not always noted. The lenguaraz had the task to interact between two cultures using his cultural, idiomatic and expressive knowledge. Eugenio Coseriu’s theory of surrounding fields is used here, to analyse how the participation of a translator, explicitly mentioned or omitted, has affected and found influence in the oral texts and written documents.

Master's thesis on Intercultural Training in Business Practice deals with the intercultural communication, opportunities for its improvement through intercultural training and actual practices in czech companies when using it. The theoretical part defines the concepts of culture, intercultural communication and intercultural training. The practical part includes research in firms in the czech market through a survey and case study in a chosen company. Based on the findings, the last part of the thesis includes proposals, how should companies use intercultural training and what are their options including a summary of their main advantages and limitations.

Neste trabalho, que se insere no âmbito das relações interculturais entre o Brasil e a França, buscamos analisar e discutir a representação do francês - o povo, o idioma e a cultura - na Música Popular Brasileira. Nosso objetivo é, pois, verificar como o humor, a presença da língua francesa e as marcas dessa cultura contribuíram para um projeto de consolidação de uma identidade nacional. Baseando-nos em alguns conceitos da semiótica greimasiana e igualmente nas noções de dialogismo e polifonia expostos por Mikhail Bakhtin, pretendemos observar os procedimentos da organização do discurso, bem como apreender as forças (as modalizações) que movem as personagens no interior da canção e como essas se desenvolvem enquanto atores sociais de uma determinada época, esclarecendo, na medida do possível, as relações entre o discurso (circuito interno) e suas condições sócio-históricas de produção e de recepção (circuito externo). Nossa hipótese parte da premissa de que, assim como a identidade brasileira, a imagem do francês foi também construída. A pesquisa inclui ainda um catálogo de referência relativo às canções mencionadas no corpo do trabalho, assim como apresentação em CD dos fonogramas originais de 1909 a 2005 (em anexo). / This study, which fits into the environment of the intercultural relationships between Brazil and France, searches to analyze and discuss the representation of French - its people, language and culture - in Brazilian Popular Music. The objective is, therefore, to verify how humor, the presence of the French language and its cultural markers have contributed to a consolidated project of a national identity. Based on some Greimasian semiotic concepts and equally on the notions of dialogism and polyphonia exposed by Mikhail Bakhtin, the study intends to observe the organization of discourse, as well as to learn about the forces (modalizations) that propel the characters inside the song and how they develop whilst social players of a determined era, clarifying, whenever possible, the relationships between discourse (internal circuit) and socio-historical conditions of production and reception (external circuit). The hypothesis starts from the premise that, just like the Brazilian identity, the image of the Frenchman was also constructed. The research also includes a reference catalogue relative to the songs mentioned in the body of the work, and also a presentation on CD of the original phonograms (annexed).

Diversity training programs are increasingly being incorporated into organizations as a strategy to meet moral standards and legal challenges. Unfortunately, little research as been conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of these programs. This study describes an effective diversity training program as one that changes a member of the organization's negative attitude about racial differences toward a positive attitude.

El presente trabajo utiliza la data “Peruvian Young Lives International Study” referente al nivel escolar de pobreza infantil para investigar el efecto de la presencia de lenguas distintas al Castellano en el logro cognitivo de los niños de Educación Primaria. Se encontró que la presencia de una lengua distinta al Castellano en la Educación Primaria disminuye en 2.22 puntos el puntaje en las pruebas cognitivas. No existe evidencia de este efecto visto por el lado de factores de oferta. Estos hallazgos sugieren también que la educación en lenguas distintas al Castellano en el nivel primario, para aquellos niños cuyos padres hablan una lengua distinta al Castellano, mejoran sus resultados cognitivos. / The present work uses the Peruvian Young Lives International Study of Childhood Poverty’s School Level data to investigate the effect of the presence of different languages, except Spanish, on the cognitive knowledge of primary school children. It was found that the presence of a specific language, excepto the Spanish language, in primary education reduce at 2.22 points the score on cognitive tests. There is no evidence of this effect from the supply factors. These findings also suggest that education in languages different than Spanish at the primary level, for those children whose parents speak a language different than Spanish, it improves their cognitive results. / Trabajo de investigación

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect on culture-bound evaluation by the Intercultural Communication Workshop (ICW) at Portland State University. An increase in positive evaluation of an intercultural dyad was taken to indicate a decrease in culture-bound evaluation. Methodology consisted of an adaptation of Dawes' "Direct Estimation Techniques" which was utilized in creating the testing instrument. The results are inconclusive but suggest that the ICW training may be more effective in this dimension for the American students than for International students.

The overall purpose of this preliminary study is to generate more information in the area of intercultural marriage. The specific objectives of the study are to explore the extent to which families of intercultural marriage are aware of the issues of biculturalism that are discussed as significant in the literature; the extent to which partners of intercultural marriage discuss these issues with one another or with their children; the extent to which the family members' subjective reports of "awareness" are consistent.