Okun, Barbara F. <br/><br/>
Understanding diversity :  a learning-as-practice primer / 
Barbara F. Okun, Jane Fried, Marcia L. Okun. 
 - Pacific Grove :  Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.,  c1999. 
 - xiv, 288 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Developing self-awareness: from the inside out. Self and verbal interactions -- Self and nonverbal interactions -- Developing awareness of others: from the inside out -- Emotions: their permissibility and expression -- Self: where it is, where it ends -- Relationships: rules, roles, and scripts --Time and space: hidden communications.  
<br/><br/> The authors offer information and exercises that help readers learn to assess cross-cultural situations and interact personally and professionally with others who are likely, because of their different cultural backgrounds, to have different values, perceptions, behaviors, and expectations of how people should act towards them. Throughout the book, readers will find examples that will help them see how cultural expectations may shape their own reactions to common situations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0534348106 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Interpersonal relations and culture.<br/>Relaciones interpersonales --Cultura <br/>Interpersonal communication.<br/>Comunicación interpersonal <br/>Intercultural communication.<br/>Comunicación intercultural<br/>conducta cultural <br/>Relaciones humanas--Cultura 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM 132  / O41u 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.3/4