Essays about: "High Context and Low Context cultures."

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  1. 6. Leader Member Exchange Theory and Psychological Contract Fulfillment: An Empirical Study in a Vietnamese Organization

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Quynh Le Thi Bao; Taha Javaid; [2020]
    Keywords : Psychological contract; Psychological contract fulfillment; Psychological contract violation; Employment contract; Leader-Member exchanges;

    Abstract : Background:  Leader member exchange (LMX) theory focuses on the different associations established by the leaders with their followers through a system of exchanges (high quality and low exchanges), whereas a psychological contract is a tacit agreement between the employer and employee and comprises of employee's beliefs regarding the mutual obligations between the employee and an employer. Since an organization communicates and negotiates through its representatives which indicates people in managerial positions, it is meaningful to draw that the relationship quality between employee and their supervisors may affect the tacit agreement between the employee and organization. READ MORE

  2. 7. Advertising in high- and low context cultures : A comparative content analysis between Sweden and Brazil

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Anette Karphammar; Maria Behrns; [2018]
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    Abstract : In today's increasingly globalised world, research within cultural differences is called for to be able to categorize nations and aid cross border communications around the world. This thesis is a quantitative study of differences in advertising communication between what is considered high and low context cultures, through a deeper look into Sweden and Brazil. READ MORE

  3. 8. Radiochromic Film Dosimetry in Kilovoltage X-­‐ray Beams: A Pre-­‐ Investigation for In Vitro Studies of Bystander Effects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen; Lunds universitet/Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Lund

    Author : Zeinab Hossein; [2015]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Purpose Intensity modulation of radiation is one of several important conditions to evaluate for full understanding of how cells involved in the bystander effect influence each other when cells are exposed to radiation at low and high dose rates. The aim of this study was to develop and apply a useful and practical dosimetric method for measurement of the absorbed dose to cell cultures exposed to intensity modulated radiation in investigations of the bystander effects. READ MORE

  4. 9. Making Sense Of Intercultural Miscommunication : A case study on Project Clean Uluwatu

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

    Author : Matilda Andrén; [2015]
    Keywords : Intercultural communication; misunderstandings; miscommunication; Sensemaking; High Context and Low Context cultures.;

    Abstract : This study looks into the field of intercultural miscommunication and misunderstandings on small multicultural Non Profit Organization (NPO) seen from the expats point of view. It is a study based on a qualitative method-design, including a micro-ethnographic study and qualitative interviews on a small NPO on Bali, Indonesia called Project Clean Uluwatu (PCU) that contain volunteers from all over the world. READ MORE

  5. 10. Do you see what I see?: A cross-cultural study on interpretation of clothing as a non-verbal signal

    University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Sunju Park Larsson; [2014-09-16]
    Keywords : clothing; culture; decoding; high-context; intercultural communication; low-context; non-verbal communication; photo elicitation;

    Abstract : To understand human social behavior, it is crucial to pay attention to non-verbal communication signals. Clothes are one of the non-verbal signals which inevitably transmit social signals and clothes are closely related to self-representation; therefore they can be used to make a desired impression. READ MORE