Cultural dimensions
Encyclopedia
Cultural dimensions are mostly psychological dimensions, or value constructs, which can be used to describe a specific culture. These are often used in Intercultural communication
-/Cross-cultural communication
-based research.
See also: Edward T. Hall
, Geert Hofstede
, Fons Trompenaars
and Shalom H. Schwartz
.
Intercultural communication
Intercultural communication is a form of global communication. It is used to describe the wide range of communication problems that naturally appear within an organization made up of individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. Intercultural communication is...
-/Cross-cultural communication
Cross-cultural communication
Cross-cultural communication is a field of study that looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate, in similar and different ways among themselves, and how they endeavour to communicate across cultures.- Origins :The Cold War, the United States economy...
-based research.
See also: Edward T. Hall
Edward T. Hall
Edward Twitchell Hall, Jr. was an American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher. He is remembered for developing the concept of Proxemics, a description of how people behave and react in different types of culturally-defined personal space...
, Geert Hofstede
Geert Hofstede
Geert Hofstede, born as Gerard Hendrik Hofstede is an influential Dutch social psychologist and anthropologist. He is a well-known pioneer in his research of cross-cultural groups and organizations. He has played a major role in developing a systematic framework for assessing and differentiating...
, Fons Trompenaars
Fons Trompenaars
Fons Trompenaars is a Dutch author and consultant in the field of cross-cultural communication. His books include: Riding the Waves of Culture, Seven Cultures of Capitalism, Building Cross-Cultural Competence, 21 Leaders for the 21st Century and Innovating in a Global Crisis...
and Shalom H. Schwartz
Shalom H. Schwartz
Shalom H. Schwartz is social psychologist, cross-cultural researcher, author of Theory of basic human values...
.