Comm Chapter 13 - Global And Multicultural

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Globalization

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Refers to new and increasing interconnectedness in economic, political, and cultural realms; while economic conceptualizations often dominate, globalization is also inherently political and cultural

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Convergence Hypothesis

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Holds that global forces such as market deregulation have homogenizing effects on organizational practices and forms all over the world

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Organizational Isomorphism

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The tendency of organizations to become increasingly similar, to imitate one another, and to respond in parallel ways to outside forces

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Global Imperative

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The idea that globalization is a phenomenon that must happen and cannot be avoided or evaded (illustrated by metaphor of an ocean wave)

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Global Reflexivity

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Refers to the idea that we are not only aware of the world as an interdependent space, but we are also aware of this awareness

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Interdependence

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Because of globalization, we are intimately connected to events in other parts of the world; thus, we are affected by decisions and events in far removed locations

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Social Imagingation

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Refers to our collective abilities to conceive of who we are and what we might become; we are affected by a range of financial, technological, mediated, and ethnic forces or "scapes"

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Intercultural Communication

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Communication among people with different cultural backgrounds

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Intercultural Competence

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Effective and appropriate communication in intercultural situations, inherently contextual in nature

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Adaptation

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A process by which minority identities adjust to a dominant culture.