Cultural factors in global communication include differences in customs, space, dress, religion, class, work ethic, privacy, and other areas. Language differences in oral, written, and nonverbal communication as well as semantics also complicate intercultural communication. (SK)

The American authors describe a visit to Taiwan in which they visited special classes for gifted students, a college, and an innovative bookstore and publishing house. (DB)

Points out the inadequacies of the nursing diagnoses officially sanctioned by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association for use with culturally diverse patients. Looks at the changes needed to make the defining characteristics more congruent with transcultural nursing. (JOW)

Presents model for incorporating cultural diversity in organizations, based on 3 X 3 X 3 matrix, which analyzes organization's functional focus (recruitment, retention, promotion), barriers (differences, discrimination, systemic factors), and cross-cultural competencies (beliefs/attitudes, knowledge, skills). Although originally developed for…

Notes that, to bring hearing-impaired individuals into the work force, employers must first learn something about their well-defined culture. Notes need to understand difference between being deaf and hearing impaired, distinct culture and history of deaf Americans, and how to keep channels of communication open. Discusses counseling deaf students…

Presents cross-cultural comparison of the Buddhist perspective with the Western perspective to reveal culturally based assumptions about the nature of the self. Suggests that alternative definitions of the self from outside of Western culture may assist in the ongoing development of future models of the person within Western psychology. (NB)

Issues include the following: (1) can formal mentoring replicate the benefits of informal mentoring?; (2) can mentor training compensate for weaknesses in formal programs?; (3) how does mentoring differ in different countries and cultures?; and (4) how is it possible to know what other people's experience is? (SK)

Evaluation of programs for families continues to grow in importance. The best evaluation studies involve collaborations between evaluation researchers and practitioners, but the two groups represent different cultures. This article provides eight suggested steps to improve collaboration through the determination of shared goals, clarification of…

Crime dropped by almost half in Milan during August 1992. Since the opportunities to commit offenses do not drop, this pattern suggests that offenders voluntarily reduce the level of their criminal activity. This propensity of offenders to take time off in August reflects Italian social values and illustrates the linkage between cultural values…

Discusses four critical dimensions that help explain the variation in cultural expectations: (1) egalitarianism versus hierarchy; (2) individualism versus collectivism; (3) achievement versus relationship orientation; and (4) loose versus tight structure. Explains how to apply these dimensions in training. (JOW)

Research in education and the training of education researchers are often said to require attention to "epistemological diversity": Researchers ought to be familiar with different ways of knowing and diverse epistemological perspectives. But the notion is unclear. What is "epistemological diversity"? What exactly is "epistemological" about it?…

Cultural differences between educators and culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students can have negative effects on the education of CLD learners. Much of the special education literature pertaining to the education of CLD learners has focused on biased assessment practices that lead to overrepresentation. It is important to consider that…

Theories of reference have been central to analytic philosophy, and two views, "the descriptivist view of reference" and "the causal-historical view of reference," have dominated the field. In this research tradition, theories of reference are assessed by consulting one's intuitions about the reference of terms in hypothetical situations. However,…

The current research investigates whether observers blame leaders for organizational accidents even when these managers are known to be causally uninvolved. Past research finds that the public blames managers for organizational harm if the managers are perceived to have personally played a causal role. The present research argues that East Asian…

Is it truly important to "internationalize" counseling psychology? If so, how can we best do this? This reaction to Leong and Ponterotto (2003) documents four general points about international psychology today--its origins, growth, ethnocentrism, and diversity--and relates these to their bold and comprehensive proposal to…