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Cross cultural connections : stepping out and fitting in around the world / Duane Elmer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830874828
  • 0830874828
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cross cultural connections.DDC classification:
  • 261 22
LOC classification:
  • BV2082.I57 E46 2002
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Monkeys, mission, and us -- Your part of God's story -- Right, wrong, and different -- Culture is everywhere, and it sneaks up on you -- Culture shocks -- Identifying expectations -- Square heads and round heads -- Cultural adjustment map -- Openness : how to be approachable -- Acceptance : how to be positive -- Trust : how to build strong relationships -- Skills for cross-cultural effectiveness -- Time and event -- Task and relationship -- Individualism and collectivism -- Categorical and holistic thinking -- Logic : straight or curved -- Achieved status and ascribed status -- Guilt and shame -- Worship expression : from low to high -- Re-entry : you are never the same.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215).

Monkeys, mission, and us -- Your part of God's story -- Right, wrong, and different -- Culture is everywhere, and it sneaks up on you -- Culture shocks -- Identifying expectations -- Square heads and round heads -- Cultural adjustment map -- Openness : how to be approachable -- Acceptance : how to be positive -- Trust : how to build strong relationships -- Skills for cross-cultural effectiveness -- Time and event -- Task and relationship -- Individualism and collectivism -- Categorical and holistic thinking -- Logic : straight or curved -- Achieved status and ascribed status -- Guilt and shame -- Worship expression : from low to high -- Re-entry : you are never the same.

Print version record.