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Establishing The Need For Cross-Cultural Communication Training For Pre-Hospital Medical Providers
Get PDFIt is apparent by the supporting research that the actual front-line providers have not been given a place at the table in an attempt to identify cross-cultural communication training needs for prehospital medical personnel. This lack of dialogue, in addition to a homogenous industry, has resulted in inconsistencies and inadequate care of diverse patients. This work examined both knowledge of how ethnicity impacts the pre-hospital medical encounter as well as attitudes toward cross-cultural nuances held by current pre-hospital medical providers. Specifically, this study analyzed survey responses designed to identify current knowledge and attitudes. The data was obtained using a quantitative research method in the form of an on-line survey. The findings can help us to understand the important next steps that must be taken to reframe perceptions of how culture influences the medical encounter and alter behavior in a way to provide a more consistent level of care across the board. Based on the Socio-Cultural tradition of Communication and Social Judgment Theory, members of the pre-hospital medical provider industry cannot begin to question their attitudes, or internal anchors, and begin to develop a shared understanding of health care across cultural divides until we begin a dialogue within our communities
Web Personalization And Parasocial Relationships With Distant Leaders
No full textTaking into account the growing role of the Internet in how people acquire news and information, along with the increasing sophistication of online content filtering and personalization, this paper attempts to ascertain how these two developments may combine to influence Internet users’ parasocial relationships with distant leaders. Primarily using the lens of social identity theory and selective exposure, quantitative research looks at respondents’ use of the Internet for news and information seeking activity vis-à-vis their assessments of two distant leaders. Results using regression analysis showed very few statistically significant results. However, when using the Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple possible correlations are suggested between Internet activity and respondents’ parasocial relationships with distant leaders
Cultural Performance And Organizational Transformation: A Case Study Of The Utah State University Football Program
Get PDFMethods of communication are often a significant reason for achieving organizational transformation. The primary aim of this study is to explain a case of organizational transformation by examining the cultural performances of organizational members—particularly the performance of ritual. The Utah State University football program served as the case study while qualitative interviews and narrative research provided the methodology for gathering and analyzing data. Communication expressed in the performance of ritual significantly contributed to fostering an environment of unity and trust within the organization which, in turn, spurred transformation. While rituals were key to fostering this environment, true sincerity from leadership was also necessary to ensure the rituals were effective. The data offered is also evidence that personal identity can be shaped by the organizational experience
Performing Communication Without Words: A Dramaturgical Exploration Of Communication Between Caregivers And Children Who Are Nonverbal
Get PDFRecognizing that human communication is highly expressive and it does not cease to exist if an individual is not able to produce spoken language, this thesis is an exploratory ethnographic study which seeks to utilize a dramaturgical perspective in identifying the function and structure of communication between children who are nonverbal (with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy) and their caregivers (Brissett & Edgley, 2009). The main informants for this study were two sets of parents with children diagnosed with cerebral palsy, who agreed to participate in twenty hours of engagement, which included direct interviews, observation, and personal interaction. The study specifically observed communication episodes, the function of communication within these episodes, and the methods utilized to perform meaning within the observed frames utilizing dramaturgy, nonverbal communication, and Victor Turner\u27s ritual theory. In particular, the following questions were pursued: What is the function of communication between a caregiver and a nonverbal child? What does the meaning making process look like when spoken words are not always available? And, how does the interaction between a caregiver and a nonverbal child resemble a dramaturgical performance and what does this mean? The results of the study suggest that communication served very specific functions, such as the display of affection, the request for basic needs, intrapersonal communication, and play. Additionally, the following themes were presented and analyzed in greater detail: the sense making and meaning making processes utilized by caregivers during emergent communication behaviors, nonverbal communication techniques used to convey meaning, the importance of play as an anti-structure and a vehicle to increase expression, and performativity. Further research is needed to explore how caregivers may increase the functionality of communication for their children who are nonverbal, such as providing expressive mechanisms to communicate dreams, curiosity, etc. Additionally, further research may be needed to explore the narrative structure that presented itself within the observed communication episodes
Filipino Amerasians: Gauging Stigmatization, Intolerance and Hatemongering in a Pluralistic Asia Pacific Society
Get PDFEmpirical and evidence-based researchers have neglected stigmatization, bias, name-calling, intolerance and even hatemongering experienced by military Filipino Amerasians and other biracial Pan Amerasian progeny who were abandoned abroad by their U.S. servicemen fathers. This condi- tion persists in the Philippines and has been reliably documented in other East and Southeast Asian nation-states, such as Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam. A relatively recent multiple-case study investigating psychosocial risk and mental health among Amerasians in Angeles, Pampanga, site of the former Clark Air Base, substantiated long-reported anecdotal claims that Anglo (White) and particularly African (Black) Amerasians were targets of victimization and traumatized by verbal harassment, hate, and occasional violence by mainstream Filipino natives or foreigners. These marginalized Amerasians faced stigmatization and ridicule because of skin color and pig- ment differences, uncommon facial features, hair texture variances and dif- ferential personal demeanors. Even more severe criticism was against Africans and Anglos because of the unproven, stereotypical view that the vast majority of Amerasian mothers were sex workers. For this reason, it was held that many servicemen rejected these children. The notion that within a pluralistic, multiracial society Filipino Amerasians experienced less discrimination and prejudice than might be expected within a more racially homogenous in part set the stage for the U.S. Citizen and Immigra- tion Services to diminish easements for Amerasians. In contrast to other nation-states where Amerasians reside (e.g., South Korea, Vietnam, Thai- land, and Cambodia), the belief is that stigmatization and its correlates are higher. However, these faulty conclusions take on exceptional geopolitical sensitivity in the realities that marginalized Amerasians face in the Philip- pines, a former U.S. colony and commonwealth
Forgiveness: A Humble Path for Police to Servant-Leadership
Get PDFIn an attempt to make sense ofthe often difficult task of being called to protect and serve society, I begin this article by setting the stage for servant-leadership as vital to the police endeavor. The world is ever-changing. It is becoming more complex and diverse. In an effort to better manage in a multicultural environment, leadership styles are evolving. Researchers Mayer, Bardes, and Piccolo indicated a growing interest in ethical styles of leadership (Mayer, Bardes, and Piccolo 2008, 180), and one such leadership style is servant-leadership. I have found in my thirty-two years as a public servant that servant-leadership is an ideal leadership model for police officers, which complements their Serve and Protect attitudes. The term servant-leadership was conceived by Robert K. Greenleaf (1903-1990). This term was revealed in Greenleaf\u27s 1970 article The Servant as Leader. Greenleaf proposed that a leader is one who serves his or her followers, and spent most of his sixty five year career as a researcher in the fields of management, development, and education. He believed that a servant-leader first makes sure that other people\u27s highest priority needs are being served (Mayer et al. 2008, 180)
Organizational Dissent and Servant-Leadership
Get PDFDissent is the choice to disagree and challenge the majority view of those holding positional power (Gordon 2008, 20; Martin 2008, 22). In some organizations, dissenting banter may be part of the process of healthy decision making and innovation. Dissenting conversations may initiate perturbations through the complex interactions of organizational life. With these unexpected interactions, the potential exists for discovering innovative notions that may benefit the organization (Heifetz, Grashow, and Linsky 2009, 145). Within other organizations, dissenting conversation may expose individual organizational members to the risk of being labeled as out of step, not a team player, or, worse, a heretic (Martin 2008, 25-26). If the organizational climate causes these conversations to be difficult, the dissenting message will be expressed somewhere else (Kassing 1997, 137). To better manage dissent messages, organizational leaders may choose to foster values and relationships that better allow for the communication of dissent. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship of servant-leadership values to the effective leadership of organizational dissent. Servant-leadership may provide a values framework that could be helpful in the development of the authentic relationships required for the effective use of organizational dissent
Cutting Off Our Nose to Spite Our Face: The Real Consequences of I-9 Audits Considered through a Case Study of Brewster, Washington
Get PDFThe phrase “cutting off one’s nose to spite the face” has many meanings, most of them violent and, historically, sometimes literal. In our times, its meaning is colloquial and suggests a needless, disproportionate, and self-destructive response to a perceived threat. This strangely violent phrase aptly describes what is happening in small agricultural communities across the country. One such community is Brewster, Washington, where Immi- gration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out I-9 audit of Gebbers Farms, Brewster’s major employer, in December of 2009. After presenting the Gebbers Farms case, I discuss what this example from one small town in North Central Washington reveals about the workings of immigration law and law enforcement in, and upon, small agricultural communities today
The Effects Of Sibling Relationships On The Social Development Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Get PDFRelationships among siblings are the longest lasting and most consistent in the life of an individual. Relationships among siblings are no different when one of the siblings has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Among the various obstacles children with ASD encounter, social developmental delays are the most prominent and treatment plans are often established for the social education of children with ASD. This study reviews the impact of the incorporation of typically developing children into the treatment plans of their siblings with ASD. The literature reviews relationship status between siblings when one child has ASD and how the presence of ASD has impacted the sibling sets. The study analyses not only the relationships between siblings but also the pros and cons that come with the incorporation of typically developing siblings into treatment plans by reviewing the observations of the parents and support professionals who are closest to the children with ASD. Using social learning theory, the study shows how the incorporation of typically developing siblings into the treatment plans of children with ASD can be beneficial to the social development of the children with ASD and their typically developing siblings by offering a constant role model for acceptable behaviors for the child with ASD