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Ways To Achieve "Working Consensus": Some Cross-Cultural Considerations.
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Pearson, Bethyl A.; Xu, Qiang – 1991
A study investigated cultural variations in the ways groups of speakers reach consensus in the face of disagreement or suggestion. Subjects were six graduate students in each of five groups: one composed of native speakers of American English, two of Taiwanese Chinese, and two of mainland Chinese. Each group performed a desert survival exercise,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Group Dynamics, Higher Education