Culture and Interpersonal Communication

by William B. Gudykunst; Stella Ting-Toomey

• ISBN13: 9780803929456
• ISBN10: 0803929455
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-11-01
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

The authors examine the theoretical influence of culture on interpersonal communication. They provide a framework for guiding future, and for interpreting past, research in the field.Because cross-cultural comparisons of interpersonal communication must be theoretically based, culture must be treated as a variable in research. This concept is presented in the first two chapters and then applied to specific areas of research. Previous research is reinterpreted in the light of this concept, and explanations are provided on how culture has influenced specific areas such as situational factors, verbal and nonverbal communication styles, interpersonal and intergroup relationships.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	9	(9)
List of Figures	9	(2)
Series Editor's Introduction	11	(2)
Preface	13	(4)
Culture and Communication	17	(22)
Interpersonal Communication	17	(10)
Culture and Sociocultural Systems	27	(4)
An Organizing Framework	31	(6)
Plan for the Book	37	(2)
Cultural Variability	39	(22)
Individualism-Collectivism	40	(3)
Low-and High-Context Communication	43	(2)
Hofstede's Dimensions	45	(5)
Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's Value Orientations	50	(4)
Parsons's Pattern Variables	54	(1)
Boldt's Structural Tightness	55	(1)
Conclusion	56	(5)
Situational Factors	61	(20)
Norms	61	(7)
Rules	68	(3)
Roles	71	(6)
Networks	77	(2)
Conclusion	79	(2)
Self-Conceptions	81	(18)
The Self-Concept	81	(3)
Facework	84	(9)
Social Identity	93	(3)
Conclusion	96	(3)
Verbal Communication Styles	99	(18)
Direct Versus Indirect Style	100	(5)
Elaborate Versus Succinct Style	105	(4)
Personal Versus Contextual Style	109	(3)
Instrumental Versus Affective Style	112	(3)
Conclusion	115	(2)
Nonverbal Dimensions and Context-Regulation	117	(18)
Environment: A Dialectical Perspective	118	(5)
Privacy-Regulation, Proxemics, and Haptics	123	(5)
Chronemics	128	(2)
Interpersonal Synchronization Processes	130	(2)
Conclusion	132	(3)
Personality	135	(14)
Implicit Personality Theory	136	(2)
Self-Monitoring	138	(3)
Self-Consciousness	141	(3)
Communication Apprehension	144	(1)
Communicator Style	145	(1)
Locus of Control	146	(2)
Conclusion	148	(1)
Social Cognitive Processes	149	(20)
Information Processing	149	(11)
Attributional Processes	160	(7)
Conclusion	167	(2)
Affective Processes	169	(14)
Universality of Emotion Expression and Recognition	169	(5)
Cultural Variability in Affective Communication	174	(7)
Related Research on Culture and Psychopathology	181	(1)
Conclusion	182	(1)
Interpersonal Relationships	183	(18)
Universal Dimensions of Social Relations	183	(3)
Social Penetration Processes	186	(6)
Uncertainty Reduction Processes	192	(6)
Conclusion	198	(3)
Intergroup Relationships	201	(18)
Ingroup Bias	202	(1)
Intergroup Contact	203	(2)
Communication in Ingroup and Outgroup Relationships	205	(3)
Interpersonal Relationships Between Members of Different Cultures	208	(8)
Conclusion	216	(3)
Concluding Remarks	219	(16)
Generality of the Framework	219	(4)
Unique Methodological Issues	223	(7)
Final Remarks	230	(5)
References	235	(40)
Index	275	(3)
About the Authors	278