Intercultural Business Communication Exam 1 Terms Questions and Answers
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Course
Business Communication
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Business Communication
Intercultural Communication - Answer-Communication between persons of different cultures
Intercultural Business Communication - Answer-Communications within and between businesses that involve people from more than one culture
Global Business Communication - Answer-Communication between busin...
Intercultural Business Communication
Exam 1 Terms Questions and Answers
Intercultural Communication - Answer-Communication between persons of different
cultures
Intercultural Business Communication - Answer-Communications within and between
businesses that involve people from more than one culture
Global Business Communication - Answer-Communication between businesses of two
different cultures
Diffusion - Answer-The process by which the two cultures learn and adapt materials and
adopt practices from each other
World Culture - Answer-The idea that as traditional barriers among people of differing
cultures break down, emphasizing the commonality of human needs
Melting Pot - Answer-A sociocultural assimilation of people of differing backgrounds and
nationalities; this implies losing ethnic differences and forming one large society
Macro-culture - Answer-The result of a melting pot; one large society
Microculture - Answer-A culture that exists within another culture
Intracultural Communication - Answer-Communications in and among people of the
same culture
International Communication - Answer-Communication between nations and
governments rather than individuals
Globalization - Answer-The spread of ways of life across the world both socially and in
business
Glocalization - Answer-The interpenetration of the global and the local, resulting in
unique outcomes in different geographic areas
Grobalization - Answer-Focuses on the imperialistic ambitions of nations, corporations,
organizations, and the like and their desire, indeed need, to impose themselves on
various geographic areas
Culture - Answer-The structure through which the communication is formulated and
interpreted. This deals with the way people live
, Cultural Symbol - Answer-A word or object that represents something in a culture
Stereotypes - Answer-Perceptions about certain groups of people or nationalities
Enculturation - Answer-The socialization process you go through to adapt to your
society
Frontstage Culture - Answer-Cultural information you are willing to share with others
Backstage Culture - Answer-Cultural information that is concealed from others
Acculturation - Answer-The process of adjusting and adapting to a new culture
Cultural Synergy - Answer-When two cultures merge to form a stronger overriding
culture
Multicultural - Answer-People who learn more than one culture
Ethnocentrism - Answer-The belief that your own cultural background is correct
Mindset - Answer-The ways of being that allow us to see, perceive, and reason through
our own cultural awareness
Norms - Answer-Culturally engrained principles of current and incorrect behavior that if
broken carry a form of overt or covert penalty
Rules - Answer-Formed to clarify cloudy areas of norms
Role - Answer-Includes the behavioral expectations of a position within a culture and is
affected by norms and rules
Networks - Answer-This is formed with personal ties and involve an exchange of
assistance
Subcultures - Answer-Groups of people possessing characteristic traits that are set
apart and distinguish then from others within a larger society or macroculture
Subgroups - Answer-Groups with which the macroculture does not agree with or which
the macroculture has trouble communicating with
Cultural Intelligence - Answer-The ability to exhibit certain behaviors, including skills and
qualities, which are generally tuned to the attitudes and values of others
Linguistic intelligence - Answer-The ability to speak or understand another language
Spatial intelligence - Answer-The way space is used during greetings
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