scholarly journals An Integrative Framework for International and Intercultural Communication Contexts: Conflicts, Ferment and Theoretical Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Ephraim Okoro
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Cultural Patterns ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Business Negotiations ◽  
Communication Differences

Many scholars observe that international and intercultural communication is taking new directions in<br />the twenty-first century, and they are reconceptualizing a range of critical topics, including cultural<br />identity and its role in intercultural business negotiations; communication ethics and its impact on<br />international business; and the role of mass media in disseminating information and setting issues<br />agenda for citizens. This reconceptualization of critical communication concepts is attracting the<br />interest of academics and researchers nations and is leading to a rethinking of the theoretical<br />frameworks guiding communication debates and analyses. As nations are becoming interdependent and<br />interconnected because of global market, it is important that countries involved in global markets<br />understand one another’s cultural patterns and variations in their communication differences in order<br />to ensure continuing growth, expansion, and sustainability. Recent studies traced the slow growth of<br />global business operations to a lack of effective communication, ineffective intercultural business<br />communication skills, inability of entrepreneurial engagement in cross-border transactions, and<br />incompetence in cross-cultural strategic alliance negotiations. This paper identifies and discusses<br />various communication contexts, issues, and theoretical frameworks, and provides recommendations<br />for effective utilization of communication tools in global and intercultural environments.

scholarly journals Intercultural Communication In Global Business: An Analysis Of Benefits And Challenges

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 217
Author(s):  
Melvin C. Washington ◽  
Ephraim A. Okoro ◽  
Otis Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Global Market ◽  
First Century ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Intercultural Skills ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Negotiations ◽  
Appropriate Practices

The twenty-first century business environment is expanding and increasingly attracting the interest of countries from developed and developing nations of the world. As countries of the world become increasingly interdependent and interconnected because of global market and diverse consumer needs, it is critically important that participating countries and their organizations understand and appreciate one anothers cultural differences in order to ensure growth and sustainability in international business. Recent studies have traced the failure of some international business ventures to three significant factors: lack of intercultural skills and competence, inability to communicate effectively at a global level, and failure to practice acceptable etiquette in business negotiations. Therefore, businesses from different countries need to appreciate the importance of understanding the cultures and values of their counterparts as well as develop intercultural communication sensitivity and decorum. This paper then is an attempt toward analyzing the significance and role of intercultural communication and etiquette in international business. Recommendations for appropriate practices and acceptable conducts among nations are provided.

A Typology for an Online Socrates Café

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Jody S. Piro ◽  
Gina Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Habits Of Mind ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Civil Discourse ◽  
Democratic Learning

Background/Context Increased polarization of viewpoints in the United States may have detrimental consequences for democratic pedagogy. The goals of civil society require a reliance on democratic values, and active participation is necessary for a strong civil society that demands the common good be deliberated in democratic ways. Discussion as pedagogy has been advanced for furthering democratic learning spaces in higher education with adults and in teacher education programs. Opportunities to participate in democratic discussions may also be created in online courses to prepare students who are literate in multiculturalism and an inclusive society. Engaging students in discussion that facilitates diverse perspectives and that challenges taken-for-granted assumptions is necessary. Purpose This article explores the theoretical frameworks of a pedagogy of process called a Socrates Café, resulting in a typology for an online Socrates Café. This framework may assist instructors to create and sustain purposeful online discussion forums that engage students in deliberative discussion to develop democratic learning spaces and civil discourse. If democratic pedagogies are enhanced when people deliberate in online discussions by sharing their reasoning with each other, listening to competing points of view, considering new evidence, and treating one another as political equals, then the Socrates Café has much to offer as a pedagogical process. Research Design Drawing on scholarship from key pedagogical and dispositional components, this analytical essay offers a typology that finds its theoretical roots in several areas, including: philosophical forum, discussion and dialogue, critical inquiry, habits of mind, intellectual traits, critical reflection, and civil discourse. Findings/Results From both the pedagogical and dispositional components of the Socrates Café, we develop an integrative framework for guiding the creation and ongoing development of an online discussion. Our purpose in creating the framework was to determine those pedagogical and attitudinal dispositions that were foundational elements of the online Socrates Café: clarity of thinking and other habits of mind; attitudes of empathy, confidence, open mindedness and scholarliness; and questioning and dialogue. Conclusions/Recommendations This essay concludes that the online Socrates Café is fraught with unavoidable contradictions resulting in a pedagogy of process that is negotiated and dynamic, but also purposeful and intentional. The integrative framework proposed in this work assists students to examine who they are as scholars, practitioners, and members of a democratic society. The inherent tensions between the competing values that situate the Socrates Café make it a complex pedagogy that invites students to encounter issues that surpass the self and connect them with larger societal problems, enhancing the potential for discussions that are purposeful and result in an expansion of perspectives. Supporting students as they negotiate these and other contradictions and paradoxes in a functional Socrates Café has immense potential for facilitating democratic spaces in pedagogy for civil discourse.

scholarly journals The research of Born Global Firms’ transnational strategy

2020 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 03023
Author(s):  
Li Chong
Keyword(s):  
Market Integration ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
International Strategy ◽  
Social Responsiveness ◽  
Born Global ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Transnational Strategy ◽  
Multinational Strategy ◽  
Born Global Firms

With the development of global business, Born Global Firms are always sinking into various pressures which are related to economic factors, social factors and informational factors. This situation making Born Global Firms’ strategies is supposed to achieve those requirements that including global market integration, social responsiveness, worldwide learning. There are four important strategies which are widely used in Born Global Firms internationalization process that including multinational strategy, global strategy, international strategy, and transnational strategy. This essay will introduce pursuing transnational strategy and some difficulties existing in this process. Furthermore, an example of an entrepreneurial subsidiary will be chosen to explore and conduct further research.

Qualitative Research

2013 ◽  
pp. 352-364
Author(s):  
M. Gordon Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Research Participant ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Construct Theory ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Management Issues

This chapter presents a conceptual discussion about investigating management issues relating to global business operations. Current global business operations provide an opportunity to conduct Ex Cultura research. This term represents the situation where researchers conduct investigations beyond their own culture. A Grounded Theory approach within a qualitative perspective is proposed so that newly emerging themes may be identified. These themes may not be known before hand because of the Ex Cultura environment. Two methods are suggested; the first method, Personal Construct Theory and the RepGrid technique, documents what the research participant thinks about a particular research question. The other method, Narrative Inquiry and the Long Interview technique, documents what a research participant has done relative to a research question. Both methods document the research participant’s interpretation of their personal experiences. Further, the methods support Ex Cultura research into management issues involved in global business operations.

Metatheorising Transformational Management

2010 ◽  
pp. 127-150
Author(s):  
Mark G. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relational Qualities ◽  
Transformational Management

Corporate management is facing a world full of transformational challenges. How might theory development contribute to a more transformative vision of management? While there have been attempts by theorists to move beyond conventional conceptualizations, more innovative and, in particular, more integrative theoretical frameworks are still needed. Conventional and new paradigm management theories take contending sides in the change debate and often define their approaches in terms of dichotomous oppositions. Using an integrative approach to metatheory building, this article proposes that the application of a relational lens overcomes many common polarities and oppositions present within current theorisings. The relational qualities that emerge from this metatheoretical approach are presented as useful guides for developing innovative theories that address the operational and transformational challenges of 21st century management. The metatheoretical analysis not only provides an integrative framework for exploring more visionary conceptualisations of management it also shows that metatheorising has powerful critical capacities for assessing scientific theories in the social sciences.

How Do Observers Assess Resolve?

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D Kertzer ◽  
Jonathan Renshon ◽  
Keren Yarhi-Milo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Credibility Theory ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
The Us ◽  
Alternative Research ◽  
Conjoint Experiment ◽  
Costly Signals ◽  
Ordinary Citizens

ABSTRACTDespite a plethora of theoretical frameworks, IR scholars have struggled with the question of how observers assess resolve. We make two important contributions in this direction. Conceptually, we develop an integrative framework that unites otherwise disconnected theories, viewing them as a set of heuristics actors use to simplify information-rich environments. Methodologically, we employ a conjoint experiment that provides empirical traction impossible to obtain using alternative research designs. We find that ordinary citizens are ‘intuitive deterrence theorists’ who focus to a great extent on capabilities, stakes, signals and past actions in judging resolve. We also find that observers see democracies as less resolved than autocracies (not more), casting doubt on key propositions of democratic credibility theory. Finally, a conceptual replication shows that a group of elite decision makers converge with the US public in how they interpret costly signals, and in viewing democracies as less resolved than autocracies.

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