An increased cross-cultural interaction around the world is being dictated by the ever increasing communication needs required by business and national concerns. This increased interaction, and its resultant inter-dependence, is often referred to as "Globalization." Due to the effect of globalization on the business and education environments, this study was an investigation of the theory base regarding context as embedded in the development of culture and cross-cultural communications. The study developed an instrument that 1) measures the contextual preferences of individuals from a variety of cultures, and 2) determines the level of significant differences between cultures based on their contextual preferences. The literature review concentrated on those characteristics which allow us to go beyond specific cultural barriers to communication. This was done to determine a common ground beyond culture, which is inherent in the communications process, and to allow a determination of factors for improved cross-cultural training and education. The literature review focused on: - The effects of the globalized environment - The influence of culture on communications - A cross-cultural communications model - Context and individualism/collectivism as measures of cross-cultural communications. The findings of the study provide an initial instrument that can be used for the identification of personal preferences, based on context, that may determine an individual's predisposition to interact in a cross-cultural learning environment. The data analyzed notes significant differences in major cultural groupings, and some specific cultures. Specific analysis included the contextual preferences of individuals based on their home cultural environment, the dimensions of gender, age, number of years an individual is away from their home culture and the number of languages spoken. It was concluded that there are highly significant differences between cultures, even with common ancestral ties and geographic proximity, that affect how individuals will interact and communicate across cultural boundaries. These differences, based on non-verbal context, must be considered individually in their sub-component form, not just within the overall classification of context. / Graduation date: 1994

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-233).

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1981. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-126).

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Univ., Diss.--Göttingen, 2001.

著者 李廣健. / 稿本複印本. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學, 1990. / Gao ben fu yin ben. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-217). / zhu zhe Li Guangjian. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 1990. / Chapter 第一章 --- 前言 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文化傳播與媒介人物 --- p.8 / Chapter 第三章 --- 官方的媒介人物-使節 --- p.21 / Chapter (一) --- 南北互派使節的頻密程度 --- p.21 / Chapter (二) --- 南北使節出身背景 --- p.23 / Chapter 甲、 --- 北朝胡人使節的問題 --- p.23 / Chapter 乙、 --- 南北使節出身的比較 --- p.26 / Chapter (三) --- 個別使節出使的密度與逗留時 間 --- p.27 / Chapter (四) --- 使節接觸的人物階層 --- p.33 / Chapter (五) --- 小結 --- p.39 / Chapter 第四章 --- 非官方的媒介人物 --- p.53 / Chapter 第一節 --- 僧侶 --- p.53 / Chapter (一) --- 僧傳所載南北僧侶的活動 --- p.53 / Chapter (二) --- 南北朝僧侶南下、北上的原因 --- p.56 / Chapter (三) --- 南來北往僧侶的學識及接觸的 人物 --- p.66 / Chapter (四) --- 小結 --- p.70 / Chapter 第二節 --- 荒人 --- p.80 / Chapter (一) --- 邊荒的出現 --- p.80 / Chapter (二) --- 南北朝的邊荒 --- p.81 / Chapter (三) --- 史籍中所見的荒人 --- p.84 / Chapter (四) --- 荒人溝通南北的作用 --- p.89 / Chapter (五) --- 小結 --- p.92 / Chapter 第三節 --- 降人 --- p.101 / Chapter (一) --- 降人的産生原因及出身背景 --- p.101 / Chapter (二) --- 降人的數量及待遇 --- p.110 / Chapter (三) --- 小結 --- p.120 / Chapter 第五章 --- 對峙時期的文化接觸（上） -衣飾和飲食 --- p.126 / Chapter (一) --- 服飾形制 --- p.127 / Chapter (二) --- 飲食習慣 --- p.134 / Chapter 第六章 --- 對峙時期的文化接觸（下） -墓葬和書籍 --- p.148 / Chapter (三) --- 墓葬制度（附論宮室建造） --- p.148 / Chapter (四) --- 書籍 --- p.152 / Chapter (五) --- 小結 --- p.163 / Chapter 第七章 --- 結論 --- p.173 / Chapter 附錄 --- 《附表一》 --- p.177 / 《附表二》 --- p.192 / 《附表三》 --- p.193 / 《附表四》 --- p.195 / 《附表五》 --- p.196 / 《附圖一》 --- p.198 / 《附圖二》 --- p.199 / 《附圔三》 --- p.200 / 《附圖四》 --- p.201 / 《附圔五》 --- p.202 / 《附圖六》 --- p.203 / 《附圖七》 --- p.204 / 《附圖八》 --- p.205 / 參考書目 --- p.206

A review of the theoretical and empirical literature from the field of humor and from that of intercultural communication showed that no investigations dealt with the possibility that a sense of humor might serve as an indicator of intercultural communication effectiveness. This study was conducted in order to assess that possibility. This paper has set out to answer the following questions: What cognitive processes are common to a sense of humor and to intercultural communication effectiveness? What does one's ability to create and appreciate humor say about that individual's potential for intercultural communication effectiveness? Through the review of the literature, specific connections were suggested as theoretical connecting points or parallels. The processes suggested as common to humor and intercultural communication included the following: the ability to note difference; the ability to note and appreciate incongruity; the ability to process information both analytically and synthetically; the ability to shift frame of reference; the ability to perceive, communicate and maintain multiple perspectives; a tolerance for ambiguity; the possession of an internal locus of control; and the ability to act and react appropriately to others and to context. In an attempt to develop a theoretical link between these processes considered crucial to a sense of humor and to intercultural communication effectiveness, cognitive complexity theory was examined. Through this examination it was found that the cognitively complex individual possessed qualities and abilities consistent with those which had been found to be typical of people with a sense of humor and with people considered to be effective intercultural communicators. This suggested that cognitive complexity could serve as the theoretical tool by which a sense of humor may be seen as an indicator of intercultural communication effectiveness.

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