Index

Understanding Intercultural Interaction: An Analysis of Key Concepts

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Fitzpatrick, F. (2019), "Index", Understanding Intercultural Interaction: An Analysis of Key Concepts, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 317-326. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-397-020191001

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INDEX

Index

Absolutist perspective
, 8

Acceptance
, 155

Access

to information
, 45

of minorities
, 307

to technology
, 307

Accommodation
, 18

Accountability
, 280

Acculturation
, 17, 55, 137

analysis
, 19

assignment
, 19

CoCT
, 18–19

and host society
, 18

process
, 214

strategies
, 17–18, 55

Acculturative stress
, 17, 134

Achievement
, 284, 305

Adaptation
, 50, 155, 214

skills
, 226

Adjustive resources
, 51

Adjustment
, 214

CCAT and
, 55–56

Adorno, Theodor
, 113

Adult Third Culture Kids (ATCKs)
, 298

Affective, Behavioural and Cognitive model (ABC model)
, 142

African Development Bank
, 44

Agency
, 96

Althusser, Louis
, 113

Amnesty International
, 104

Anglo cultures
, 182

Anthropology
, 61

Anti-essentialism
, 68–69

Antilocution
, 107

Anxiety dominance
, 108

Anxiety uncertainty management theory (AUM theory)

(see also Communication accommodation theory (CAT))
Anxious attachment style
, 54

Arab cultures
, 182

Area studies
, 145

Ariane
, 230

Ascription
, 305

Assertive approaches (see Assertiveness)

Assertiveness
, 19, 73, 181

Assimilation
, 17–19, 262

Assimilation-preoccupied acculturation strategies
, 55

Asylum seekers
, 134–135

Asynchronous communication
, 33

Attachment
, 55

styles
, 54–55

theory
, 54–55

Attribution
, 24–25

Attribution theory (AT)
, 24–25

Authoritarian regimes
, 152

Autonomous leadership
, 182

Baku process
, 231

Barthes, Roland
, 114

Basic Human Needs
, 292

Baudrillard, Jean
, 274

Baumann, Zygmunt
, 274

Behavioural

context
, 64

environment
, 10

flexibility
, 146, 226

uncertainty
, 21

Beliefs
, 120, 310

Benevolence
, 284

Beyond Culture
, 186

Big ‘C’ culture
, 222

Boas, Franz
, 62, 103

Body adornment
, 266

Body language
, 30, 265

Body positioning
, 138, 166, 185, 220, 265

Boundaries
, 218

Bricolage
, 6, 79, 81, 124

Bridges
, 290

British Cultural Studies
, 112

Butler, Judith
, 274

Capitalism
, 275

Censorship
, 307

Center for Financial Stability
, 281

Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID)
, 231

Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
, 112

Charismatic/value-based leadership
, 182

Child labour
, 177

Child slavery
, 177

Chinese Values Survey (CVS)

(see also World Values Survey (WVS))
Chomsky, Noam
, 61

Civil liberties
, 151

Closed network
, 289

Co-cultural theory (CoCT)
, 18–19

Coercion
, 126

Coercive power
, 126

Cognitive CMC
, 33–34

Cognitive dissonance theory (CDT)
, 41–43

Cognitive flexibility
, 145, 226

Collaborative working
, 34

Collectivism
, 25, 72, 117, 128, 138, 171, 181, 218

Collectivist
, 167

approach
, 42

orientation
, 205

societies
, 212, 278

Commodification
, 131

Communicability
, 33

Communication

(see also Computer-mediated communication (CMC)Critical intercultural communication (CICC)Cross-cultural communication (CCC)Integrative communication theory (ICT)Intercultural communication (ICC)Interdiscourse communication (IDC)Non-verbal communication (NVC))
asynchronous
, 33

context of language and
, 221

paucity of
, 35

phatic
, 266

styles
, 172

synchronous
, 33

Communication accommodation theory (CAT)
, 30–32

Communicator
, 166

Communitarianism
, 73–74, 304–305

Community

of practice
, 221, 298

social networks
, 34

Compensation
, 217

Competency framework
, 227

Competitiveness
, 174–176

Computer-mediated communication (CMC)

(see also Critical intercultural communication (CICC))
Conflict resolution skills
, 226

Conformity
, 116, 284

Confucian Asia
, 182

Confucianism
, 27–28, 302

Confucius teachings
, 27–28

Conservation
, 104, 284

Consonance
, 41

Constraints
, 38

Constructionism
, 96–97

Constructivist paradigm
, 98

Context
, 9–10, 58, 64, 166, 259

and culture shock
, 142

essentialism and
, 69

of language and communication
, 221

Contextual factors
, 138

Convergence
, 30, 217

Conversational constraints theory (CCT)
, 38–39

Corporate business behaviour
, 258

Corruption
, 307

control
, 314

Corruption perceptions index (CPI)
, 44–46

Cosmopolitanism
, 100

Cost efficiency
, 34–35

Council of Communication Associations (CCA)
, 231

Country clusters
, 259

Creativity
, 164

Critical intercultural communication (CICC)

(see also Computer-mediated communication (CMC))
Critical paradigm
, 98

Critical theory
, 6, 47–48, 113

Cross-cultural

adjustment
, 50–52

analysis
, 3

cross-cultural business, FNT and
, 172

empathy
, 146, 226

management
, 12, 69

skills
, 226

Cross-cultural attachment theory (CCAT)
, 54–56

Cross-cultural communication (CCC)

(see also Critical intercultural communication (CICC))
Cross-cultural training (CCT)
, 56, 109, 144–145

Crossover
, 51

Cultural anthropology
, 61–63

Cultural artefacts
, 221

and discourses
, 267

Cultural assimilator
, 145

Cultural bias
, 24–25

Cultural blending and alternating strategies
, 79–79

Cultural celebrations
, 83

Cultural clusters
, 182

Cultural competencies
, 180–181

Cultural constructs
, 236

Cultural context
, 64–66

global indicators of
, 12–13

Cultural determinism
, 68, 96

Cultural differences at work
, 255–256

Cultural dimensions
, 72–74

Cultural diplomacy
, 76–78

Cultural dissonance
, 42

Cultural diversity management at work
, 250–253

Cultural essentialism
, 7–8, 68–70

Cultural flexibility
, 226

Cultural heritage
, 83

Cultural hybridisation
, 202, 263

Cultural hybridity
, 78–81, 237

Cultural identity
, 7, 83–85, 222

CAT and
, 31

Cultural imperialism
, 77, 86–88, 233

Cultural intelligence (CQ)
, 90–92

Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS)
, 91

Cultural looseness
, 287

Cultural mapping
, 83

Cultural metaphors
, 93–95

Cultural materialism
, 64

Cultural narratives
, 83

Cultural norms and behavior
, 83

Cultural onion
, 189

Cultural otherising
, 95, 108, 148–149, 262

Cultural overlap
, 228

Cultural paradigms
, 96–99

Cultural pluralism
, 100–102

Cultural practices
, 191

Cultural prejudice
, 107

Cultural production
, 83

Cultural products
, 195

Cultural profile
, 76

Cultural relations
, 77

Cultural relativism
, 8–9, 62, 103–105, 231, 262

Cultural resources
, 83–84, 194

Cultural sensitivity
, 226

Cultural stereotyping
, 107–110

Cultural studies
, 62, 112–115

Cultural symbols
, 83

Cultural tightness
, 255, 287

Cultural Tightness Theory (CTL)

(see also Culture Learning Theory (CLT))
Cultural trajectory
, 98, 194, 237

Cultural typologies
, 189

Cultural universals
, 120–122

Cultural values
, 255

dimensions
, 310–311

Culturalism
, 112–113

Cultural-specific justifications
, 178

Culturally endorsed implicit leadership
, 182–183

Culture
, 5–7, 58, 128, 193, 220, 222, 295

CCT and
, 38–39

contact
, 109, 134–136

context vs.
, 259

Culture, time and
, 302

distance
, 94, 212

as distinct way of life
, 137

EVT and
, 167

face negotiation and
, 171

IAT and
, 218–219

and identity
, 212

INT and
, 205

towards interculturality
, 10–11

and law
, 281

learning support
, 138

postmodernism and
, 275

and power
, 128

shock
, 42, 134, 141–144, 244, 290

SIT and
, 287

social construction of
, 47

as spiral
, 258

training
, 109, 138, 144–146

triangle
, 258–259

triangle metaphor
, 94

universality of
, 8, 61

zones
, 310–311

Culture 2000
, 230

Culture Learning Theory (CLT)

(see also Cultural Tightness Theory (CTL))
Culture Programme
, 230

Culture-general awareness and knowledge
, 146

Culture-general knowledge
, 90, 144

Culture-specific awareness

information
, 145

training
, 168

Culture-specific body language
, 31

Culture-specific knowledge
, 90, 144

Culturism
, 24, 95, 148–150, 275

de Saussure, Ferdinand
, 61

Debt bondage
, 177

Decision-making
, 127, 255, 277

Deculturation
, 214

Defence
, 154

Deference politeness system
, 171

Democracy Index (DI)

(see also Global Slavery Index (GSI))
Democratic rights
, 311

Demographic-descriptive
, 261

Demotic discourse
, 124, 308

Denial
, 154

Denser networks
, 289

Dependence on technology and connectivity, increasing
, 36

Derrida, Jacques
, 114

Desires (D)
, 218

Detachment, increasing
, 35

Determinism
, 96

Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS)
, 154–156

Dialectical

approach
, 6, 48, 97

process
, 9

relationship
, 128

Diaspora
, 5–6, 80, 84–85, 263

Diffuse behaviour
, 304

Dimensions of cultures
, 189

Diplomatic relations
, 77

Discourse
, 6, 84, 239–241

communities
, 221–222, 298

Discrimination
, 107

Discursive context
, 64

Discursive formation
, 48

Disjunctive flows
, 87

Dismissive attachment style
, 54

Disparity, ICD and
, 231

Dissimilarity
, 22

Dissonance
, 41–42

Distal context
, 65

Divergence
, 31

Diversity
, 231, 251

training
, 251

Domains of adjustment
, 50–51

Dominant discourse
, 123–124, 250–251

Dutch speaking
, 183

Dyadic model of interaction adaptation
, 218

Ease of Doing Business Index (EDBI)
, 157–159

Eastern Europe
, 182

Economic

benefit
, 109

freedom
, 160

growth
, 35

migration
, 87

Economic Freedom Index (EFI)
, 160–161

Economic Freedom of World (EFW)
, 161

Economist Intelligence Unit
, 44, 151, 308, 315

Efficiency-driven economies
, 174

Ego defence
, 109

Electoral process
, 151

Emancipation values
, 311

Emerging economies
, 4, 74, 131, 151, 158, 175, 247

Emotional support
, 51

Enclavism
, 135

Enculturation

(see also Acculturation)
Enmeshment
, 202

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
, 250–253

Equality of opportunity
, 35

Erasmus programme
, 237

Essentialism
, 107

and culturism
, 149

Essentialist paradigm
, 97

Ethnocentric perspective
, 215

Ethnocentric policy
, 243

Ethnocentrism
, 108, 154, 163–165, 205, 255

Ethnography
, 62–63

Ethnorelativism
, 154–155, 163

Ethnoscapes
, 87

European Union (EU)
, 230

European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC)
, 77

Exclusion
, 18

Exoticisation
, 108, 131–132, 135, 149, 163, 262

Expatriates (see Home country nationals)

Expectancy
, 166–167

violation
, 167

Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT)

(see also Culture Learning Theory (CLT)Face Negotiation Theory (FNT))
Expectations
, 218

Expert power
, 126

Exploitation
, 36

External control
, 305

External locus of control
, 24, 225

Extra-situational context
, 64

Extra-situational forces
, 9

Face
, 170

face-negotiation
, 138

face-restoration acts
, 171

face-saving acts
, 171

face-threats
, 170

Face negotiation
, 201

Face Negotiation Theory (FNT)

(see also Culture Learning Theory (CLT)Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT))
Facework
, 170

Facial expressions
, 266

Factor-driven economies
, 174

Failure rates, IHRM and
, 244

False consciousness
, 113

Family adjustment
, 51

Feminine/femininity
, 73, 181

Femininity index
, 190

Field experience
, 145

Financescapes
, 87

Financial risk
, 35

Flawed democracies
, 152

Flexibility
, 34, 164

Forced and early marriage
, 177

Forced labour
, 177

Forced migration
, 134–135

Formal organisation
, 270

Foucault, Michel
, 114

Fourth Industrial Revolution
, 175

Frankfurt School
, 113–114

Free speech
, 45

Freedom

democracy and
, 151–151

from fear
, 104

of religion
, 103–104

of speech
, 103–104

from want
, 104

Fulbright programme
, 237

Full democracies
, 152

Functioning of government
, 151

Fundamental attribution error
, 24

Future orientation
, 181

Gaze
, 149

tourist
, 130–132, 135

Gender development index (GDI)
, 197–198

Gender egalitarianism
, 73, 181

Gender inequality index (GII)
, 198

Generalisability
, 218

Genres
, 221

Geocentric policy
, 243

Germanic Europe
, 182–183

Gestures
, 265

Ghettoisation
, 262

Giddens, Anthony
, 114, 274

Global business
, 315

Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)

(see also Global Slavery Index (GSI))
Global cultural mapping
, 311

Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness project (GLOBE project)
, 73, 180–183

Global People project
, 227

Global position and politics
, 194

Global Slavery Index (GSI)

(see also Global Competitiveness Index (GCI))
Globalisation
, 80–81, 86–87, 254

Governance
, 120, 313–315

Government size
, 160

Grammar systems
, 220

Gramsci
, 114

Geertz, Clifford
, 62

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 293

slavery and
, 178

Group allegiance
, 286

Group cohesion
, 108

Group identity
, 24, 207

Habermas, Jürgen
, 113

Hall, Stuart
, 112

Haptics
, 30, 266

Hard power–soft power assets
, 76

Hedonism
, 284

Hegemony
, 114, 123–124

Heritage Foundation
, 160

Hidden Dimension
, 72, 185–186

Hidden power
, 127

Hierarchical metaphors
, 93–94

Hierarchical politeness system
, 171

High context situations
, 186

High power-distance
, 171

High-context
, 65–66

High-low context distinction
, 186

Hofstede’s national cultural dimensions
, 72–73, 189–190

Hoggart, Richard
, 112

Holliday’s Grammar of Culture
, 193–196

Home country nationals
, 242

home country culture
, 298

Homogenisation
, 86–87

Horizontal culture
, 208–209

Horizontal-collectivist culture (HC culture)
, 208

Horizontal-individualist culture (HI culture)
, 208

Horkheimer, Max
, 113

Host country

nationals
, 242

of residence culture
, 298

Host society
, 18

Human communication
, 120–121

Human development index (HDI)

(see also Social Progress Index (SPI)World Press Freedom Index (WPFI))
Human needs
, 283

Human Rights Watch
, 104

Human trafficking
, 177

Humane orientation
, 73, 181

Humane-oriented leadership
, 182

Hybrid identities
, 84–85

Hybrid regimes
, 152

Hybridisation
, 80–81, 87, 202, 215, 237

Hybridity
, 79

IBM studies, comparison with
, 28

Iceberg metaphor
, 93

Identity

alternating
, 80

blending
, 80

consistency
, 204

freezing
, 108, 201

harmonization
, 80

hybridising
, 80

in INT
, 204

security
, 204

strategies
, 205

transformation
, 204

vulnerability
, 204

Ideological conditioning
, 117

Ideological-normative multiculturalism
, 261

Ideology
, 123–125, 274

Ideoscapes
, 87

Immigration
, 134

Impartial dispute resolution
, 281

In-group
, 286

collectivism
, 181

Inclusivity
, 35, 204

Individual factors
, 138

Individual traits
, 225–226

Individualism (IDV)
, 24–25, 28, 72, 117, 128, 138, 171, 175, 208–209, 304

and collectivism
, 207–209

index
, 190

Individualism-Collectivism
, 285, 287

Individualist societies
, 278

Individualistic

approaches
, 42

individualistic–collectivist dichotomy
, 205

orientation
, 205

societies
, 212

Individuation
, 215

Indulgence
, 73

Indulgence vs. self-restraint Index (IVR)
, 190

Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI)
, 196–198

Informal organisation
, 270

Information availability
, 34

Informational power
, 126

Informational support
, 51

Innovation-driven economies
, 174

Institutional collectivism
, 181

Institutional resources
, 51

Institutionalised power
, 127

Integrated threat theory (ITT)
, 211–213

Integration
, 17, 19, 155

Integration-secure acculturation strategies
, 55

Integrative communication theory (ICT)
, 142, 214–216

Interaction

power and
, 127

predictability
, 204

Interaction adaptation theory (IAT)
, 217–219

Interactive CMC
, 33–34

Interactive position (IP)
, 218

Interactive strategy
, 21

Intercultural

analysis
, 3

learning
, 237

sensitivity
, 154

skills
, 226

space
, 236–237

strategies
, 226

Intercultural communication (ICC)

(see also Computer-mediated communication (CMC)Critical intercultural communication (CICC)Non-verbal communication (NVC))
competence
, 227

Intercultural competence (IC)
, 145–146, 225–228, 234

Intercultural dialogue (ICD)
, 101, 109–110, 230–232

Intercultural interaction

competence
, 227–228

factors affecting
, 137–138

sites of
, 3–4

Intercultural literacy
, 233–234

Intercultural personhood
, 215

Intercultural team management

(see also International human resource management (IHRM))
Intercultural training (ICT)
, 144

for intercultural competence
, 145–146

Intercultural transformation
, 214

Interculturality
, 3, 19, 80–81, 202, 215, 236–237, 254, 256, 271

culture towards
, 10–11

Interdiscourse communication (IDC)

(see also Non-verbal communication (NVC))
Intergroup anxiety
, 211

Internal control
, 305

Internal locus of control
, 24

International

agreements
, 45

business
, 314

connection
, 204

reputation
, 76

skills training
, 145

skills
, 226

tourism
, 130–132

International human resource management (IHRM)

(see also Intercultural team management)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
, 174

International relocation
, 134

IHRM and
, 243–244

Interpretive approach
, 96

Interpretive perspective
, 7–8

Interpretivist perspective
, 6

Interstitial space
, 80

Intimate proxemics
, 167

Intolerance of ambiguity
, 225

Kaleidoscope
, 230

Kinesics
, 265

Knowledge
, 197

culture-general
, 90, 144

culture-general awareness and
, 146

culture-specific
, 90, 144

Language
, 12, 120, 137, 239, 221, 274

training
, 145

Language acquisition device (LAD)
, 61

Large cultures
, 193

Latin America
, 182

Latin Europe
, 182

Laws
, 280

culture and
, 281

Legal constraints
, 117

Legal framework
, 307

Legitimate power
, 126

Levi-Strauss, Claude
, 61, 113

Lewis, R. D.
, 247

Lewis Model, criticism of
, 248

Life enhancement
, 35

Life expectancy
, 197

Linear-active countries
, 74

Linear-active culture
, 247

Linguicism
, 87–88

Linguistic competence
, 227

Linguistic imperialism
, 87–88

Local staff (see Host country nationals)

Localisation
, 87

Location-neutrality
, 34

Locus of control
, 24

Long-term orientation (LTO)
, 28, 73, 181, 301–302

Long-term vs. short-term orientation index (LTO)
, 190

Low context situations
, 186

Low power–distance
, 171

Low-context
, 65–66

Lyotard, Jean-Francois
, 274

Mapping
, 289

Marcuse, Herbert
, 113

Marginalisation
, 17

Marginalisation-anxious acculturation strategies
, 55

Markedness
, 148–149

Marxism
, 113, 275

Masculinity (MAS)
, 28, 73, 181, 190

Material resources
, 117

Media freedom
, 308

Mediascapes
, 87

Melting pot
, 18

Meta-communication
, 266–267

Meta-messaging
, 266–267

Meta-theoretical assumptions
, 96, 98

Millennium Development Goals
, 199

Mindfulness
, 21, 145, 226

Minimisation
, 154

Minority culture
, 69

Modern imperialism
, 86–87

Modern slavery, causes of
, 178

Modern Slavery Act
, 178

Mole, John
, 258

Monochronic time
, 185, 301

Moving metaphors
, 94

Multiactive countries
, 74

Multiactive culture
, 247

Multiculturalism
, 18, 100, 261

analysis
, 262–264

assignment
, 264

criticism
, 262–263

omniculturalism
, 263

types
, 261–261

Multiculturism
, 209, 231, 262–264

Multidimensional poverty index (MPI)
, 198–199

Multidimensional power
, 127

Multimodality
, 267

Mutual accommodation
, 18

Mutual-face
, 171

Nation, culture and
, 58

National cultural identity
, 84

National cultures
, 5, 27, 72, 175, 193, 228, 270–271

National staff (see Host country nationals)

Nationality
, 68

Natural universal human processes
, 295

Negative face
, 170

Negative stereotyping
, 211

Neo-essentialism
, 68

Network density
, 289

Neutral behaviour
, 304

Nodding
, 31

Non-accommodation
, 30

Non-assertive approaches
, 19

Non-decision-making
, 127

Non-verbal accommodation
, 30–31

Non-verbal communication (NVC)

(see also Intercultural communication (ICC))
Non-work adjustment
, 51

Nordic Europe
, 182

Normative constraints
, 116

Observable power
, 127

Oculesics
, 30, 266

OECD
, 151–153

Omniculturalism
, 101, 263

Onion metaphor
, 93

Open government
, 281

Open markets
, 160

Open network
, 289

Open-mindedness
, 164

Openness to change
, 104, 284

Opportunity
, 292–293

Organisational culture
, 69, 221, 269–271

Organisational structure related to power distance
, 278

Orientalism
, 86

as legacy of colonialism
, 62

Other-face
, 171

Otherisation (see Cultural otherising)

Out-group
, 286

Paralanguage
, 31, 220, 266

Participative leadership
, 182

Particularism
, 138, 304

Partnership skills
, 226

Passive strategy
, 21

Paucity of communication
, 35

Performance orientation
, 73, 180–181

Person culture
, 269

Person-specific role
, 278

Personal

characteristics
, 268

cultural trajectory
, 84

identity
, 286

proxemics
, 167

resources
, 51

Personality
, 268

Phatic communication
, 266

Physical environment
, 9

Physical setting of context
, 64

Pluralism
, 151

Politeness, face negotiation and
, 170–171

Political

culture
, 151

maturity
, 117

participation
, 151

pluralism
, 152

and social change
, 35

structure
, 194

Polycentric policy
, 243

Polychronic time
, 185, 301

Positive discrimination
, 107

Positive face
, 170

Positivist approach
, 7

Positivist perspective
, 96

Postcolonialism
, 86

Postmodernism
, 47, 273–276

Poststructuralism
, 113–114, 274

Posture
, 265

Power
, 9–10, 47–48, 122–124, 126–128, 284

culture
, 269

relations
, 274

Power distance (PD)
, 28, 73, 128, 167, 175, 181, 218, 277–279

Power distance index (PDI)
, 189, 277

Pragmatics
, 227

Pragmatic competence
, 227

Predictive expectancy
, 166

Preferentialism
, 262

Preoccupied attachment style
, 54

Prescriptive expectancy
, 166

Press freedom
, 45

Primary coping strategies
, 226

Primary identity
, 296

Primary socialisation
, 295

Primitive peoples
, 112

Privacy reduction
, 35

Private media
, 307

Professional community
, 221

Professionalism
, 307

Programmatic-political multiculturalism
, 261

Prosodic features
, 31

Proxemics
, 30, 185, 176–177, 265–266

Proximate context
, 65

Psychological adjustment
, 50

Psychological constructs
, 8

Psychological support
, 55

Public diplomacy

(see also Cultural diplomacy)
Public interest, publish data for
, 45

Racialisation
, 262

Racism
, 149

Raphael
, 230

Reach superiority
, 34

Reactive countries
, 74

Reactive culture
, 247

Realistic threats
, 211–212

Reciprocity
, 217

Referent power
, 126

Refugees
, 134–135

Regulatory efficiency
, 160

Relational tension
, 48

Relationships
, 166

Relativist standpoint
, 8

Relocation failure
, 244

Renegotiation
, 202

Respectfulness
, 164

Respiration
, 266

Reverse culture shock
, 142–143

Reward power
, 126

Rituals
, 188

Role adjustment
, 51

Role culture
, 269

Rule of law
, 160, 314

Rule of Law Index (RLI)

(see also Social Progress Index (SPI)World Press Freedom Index (WPFI))
Schwartz’s theory of basic human values
, 283–285

Scripts
, 221

behavioural
, 6, 58, 250, 221

communicative
, 48, 250

Secondary identity
, 296

Secondary socialisation
, 296

Secondary strategies
, 226

Secular-rational values
, 310

Secure attachment style
, 54

Security
, 284

Segregation
, 18, 262

Self-direction
, 284

Self-efficacy
, 225

Self-enhancement
, 104, 284

Self-expression
, 209

values
, 310

Self-face
, 171

Self-monitoring
, 225

Self-protective leadership
, 182

Self-Restraint
, 73

Self-serving bias
, 24

Self-transcendence
, 104, 284

Sensitivity
, 164

Separation
, 17–18

Separation-dismissive acculturation strategies
, 55

Sequential time values
, 305

Seven Dimensions of Culture model
, 304–306

Shared enculturation process
, 250

Short-term orientation
, 73, 301–302

Silent Language
, 185–187

Similarity
, 22

Slavery and GDP
, 178

Small ‘c’ culture
, 222

Small cultures
, 193

Small culture formation
, 193, 195

Social

behavior
, 124

companionship
, 51

constructionist perspective
, 6

constructionist theory
, 47

control
, 11, 31, 35, 113, 123–124, 296

formation
, 123

identity
, 84, 286, 296

living
, 120

media
, 33–34, 124, 231, 308

networks
, 56

organisation
, 120

progress dimensions
, 292

role bias
, 255

sciences
, 12

social theory, postmodern turn in
, 273–274

structure
, 194, 278

support
, 51–52, 55–56

Social identity theory (SIT)
, 108, 286

analysis
, 287

assignment
, 288

in-group and out-group
, 286

social categorisation, identification and comparison
, 286–287

Social network analysis (SNA)
, 289–290

Social Progress Index (SPI)

(see also Human development index (HDI)World Press Freedom Index (WPFI))
Social-relational constraints
, 36

Socialisation
, 84, 295–297

Sociality
, 33

Society
, 295

Socio-political control
, 35

Socio-political values
, 76

Sociocultural

adjustment
, 50, 137

cohesion
, 109

learning
, 138

Sociolinguistic competence
, 239

Sociological imagination
, 62

Software metaphor
, 94

Software of the mind
, 188

analysis
, 191

assignment
, 191

cultural onion
, 189

Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture
, 189–190

Sojourners (see Home country nationals)

Solidarity politeness system
, 171

Sounds
, 220

Southern Asia
, 182

Space-efficiency
, 34

Specific behaviour
, 304

Speech acts
, 221

Spillover
, 51

Staffing, IHRM and
, 242

Staffroom culture
, 69

Standard of living
, 197

State interference
, 307

Stereotyping
, 163, 201–202, 233

Stimulation
, 284

Strategic essentialism
, 69

Stress–Adaptation–Growth Dynamic (SAGD)
, 142, 214–215

Strong culture
, 270

Structural linguists
, 61

Structuralism
, 61, 113

Structuralist paradigm
, 98

Sub-Saharan Africa
, 182

Subjective perspective
, 7–8

Survival
, 120

values
, 310

Sustainable Development Goals
, 199

Symbolic interaction
, 33–34

Symbolic interdependence
, 202

Symbolic threats
, 211–212

Symbols
, 188, 220

Synchronic time values
, 305

Synchronous communication
, 33

Synchrony
, 217

Tangible assistance
, 51

Task culture
, 269

Task orientation
, 38

Task-specific role
, 278

Team-oriented leadership
, 182

Technological development
, 117

Technoscapes
, 87

Theories
, 13

Theorists
, 13

Theory of Basic Human Values (Schwartz)
, 104, 283–285

Thick description
, 62

Third culture building
, 298

Third culture identity (TCI)
, 298–299

Third culture individuals (see Third culture identity (TCI))

Third Culture Kids (TCK)
, 80, 298

Third space
, 80, 85

Third-country nationals
, 242

Thompson, E. P.
, 112

Threat

level of
, 117

types
, 211–212

Ties
, 290

Time orientation
, 301–302

Time-efficiency
, 34

Tokenism
, 262

Tolerance for ambiguity
, 145, 164, 226

Tone of voice
, 31

Touch (see Haptics)

Tourism
, 135

Tourist gaze
, 130–132, 135

Tradition
, 284

Trailing spouse
, 51

Transcultural competence
, 164

Transparency
, 35

Transparency International
, 44

Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI)
, 130–131

Travel Journalism
, 132

Trial and error
, 202

Trompenaars, Fons
, 304

Trompenaars’ seven dimensions of culture
, 73–74, 304–306

U-curve model
, 141–142

Ultimate attribution error
, 24

Uncertainty avoidance
, 73, 167, 181, 218, 285

Uncertainty avoidance index (UAI)
, 22, 189

Uncertainty reduction theory (URT)
, 21–22

Unconscious bias
, 108, 163–164

United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
, 130

United Nations (UN)
, 100, 174, 199, 230

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
, 100–101, 261

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
, 45

United States Foreign Services Institute
, 185

Universal

cultural processes
, 193–194

intercultural processes
, 121, 222

structures
, 121

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
, 9, 103–104

Universalism
, 138, 284, 304

Universalist approach
, 8

Universality
, 120–122, 217

of culture
, 8, 61

Values
, 103, 188, 283–284

CTL and
, 116–117

cultural
, 255

emancipation
, 311

secular-rational
, 310

self-expression
, 310

sequential time
, 305

socio-political
, 76

synchronic time
, 305

traditional
, 310

Variability
, 218

Variable accommodation
, 218

Vertical culture
, 208–209

Vertical-collectivist culture (VC culture)
, 208

Vertical-individualist culture (VI culture)
, 208

W-curve
, 142

Weak culture
, 270

Wealth and SPI
, 293

Webs of significance
, 62

Well-being foundations
, 292–293

Western bias
, 27

When Cultures Collide
, 247

analysis
, 248

assignment
, 248–249

categorising cultures
, 247–248

criticism of Lewis Model
, 248

intercategory comparisons
, 248

Williams, Raymond
, 112

Work adjustment
, 51

World Bank (WB)
, 44, 174

World Economic Forum (WEF)
, 44, 130, 152, 174

World Justice Project (WJP)
, 44, 280

World Press Freedom Index (WPFI)

(see also Human development index (HDI)Social Progress Index (SPI))
World Values Survey (WVS)

(see also Chinese values survey (CVS))
Worldwide governance indicators (WGI)
, 313–315