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Kelley, Douglas L.; Ninan, Molsey – 1990
A study examined skills related to an individual's satisfaction with a partner's listening ability. Forty-nine undergraduates in a listening skills class were asked to increase the use of effective listening behaviors with three to five individuals with whom they had a relationship--this resulted in 194 participants in the study. Two…
Descriptors: Attention, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Interpersonal Communication
Download full textOstermeier, Terry H. – 1994
A study investigated the listening experiences of American university students who interviewed people from other cultures as part of a class project. A total of 103 individuals from African, Asian, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern cultures were interviewed. Each of the American interviewers described his/her perceptions of five…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Cultural Differences, Higher Education
Crumpton, John – 1974
Intended for employers concerned about problem solving and communication within their organization, this document outlines a strategy for developing an instrument that would provide objective data rather than impressionistic data. A questionnaire was designed to explore the relationship between the central constructs of problem solving and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Needs, Organizational Climate
Ostermeier, Terry H. – 1997
A study examined students' perceptions of nonverbal cues as they affected the listening process during interviews with someone from a culture outside of the United States. Subjects were 129 American students in a senior level cross cultural communication course at a midwestern state university; they each interviewed an international person…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Foreign Students, Higher Education
Rudnick, Janine; Roth, Nancy – 1989
A study investigated the extent to which members of a state agency reported that they are comfortable talking about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the attendant topics of sex, homosexuality, intravenous drug use, death, and disease and the extent to which they use direct talk and indirect talk when they communicate about these…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Analysis of Variance, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Magrath, Douglas – 1981
Middle Eastern students face cultural conflicts in adapting to the western value system. While feeling obligated to maintain their native culture they also need to feel comfortable with the culture of their target language. In attempting to identify with a new group, ESL students may sense a loss of membership in their native group. Culture stress…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrator Responsibility, Communication Problems, Cultural Traits
