Diversity
And Multicultural Issues: The first order of business for resolving
conflict within a multi-cultural environment is to understand and appreciate
the innate diversities. You can increase your understanding by checking
out the articles in this category. We offer you tips on resolving conflict
in a diverse workplace. And we'll help you explore the relationship between
culture and conflict. We've also included an article aimed at dispelling
the myths that exist with regards to multi-cultural training.
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By Anne Geroski
- A description of five identified stages of adaptation realized by immigrant children. The silent stage right through to the mainstream stage are described briefly with enough detail to promote understanding. This information was adapted from a lecture about immigrant children provided by Anne Geroski.
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By Neil Payne
- We often forget that people from other countries and cultures do things differently than we do. In negotiation this can be an important mistake. If you don't take into account cultural differences when negotiating you may create bad feelings and conflict with the other party. In this article, you can learn about negotiating across cultures.
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By Michelle LeBaron
- In this essay, some generalizations about cultural and national approaches to negotiation will be outlined. These may help negotiators and mediators prepare for negotiations by raising the kinds of differences that occur across cultures, and pointing out possible pitfalls of lack of attention to cultural factors. They should be taken as a series of starting points rather than definitive descriptions, since cultural groups are too diverse and changing contexts too influential to be described reliably.
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By Lee Gardenswartz, Anita Rowe
- Focus of this article is how managers can and should become more aware of cross-cultural differences, and create urturing a safe, inclusive climate.
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By Michelle LeBaron
- Written for mediation and conflict resolution professionals, this article explores the importance of understanding multicultural reality when conducting conflict resolution or mediation processes.
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By Andrea Wilson
- Learn how culture can contribute to conflict situations, what culture means, and some steps to use to resolve conflict in multicultural settings.
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