Towers' Intercultural Sensitivity Survey was completed by 210 family and consumer sciences teachers (65.6%) and 135 agriculture teachers (56.3%). Most teachers were at the acceptance stage of ethnorelativism, acknowledging and accepting cultural differences as they exist. Family and consumer teachers were at slightly higher levels. (SK)

States that Moslem culture heavily influences much of Middle Eastern practice, and that contemporary public relations literature indicates that "ethical" public relations practices embrace a "two-way symmetrical" model. Describes a counterthesis that contends that public relations is culturally relative in both theories and…

Maintains that Jensen highlights the force of an orthodox moral outlook and offers a novel theoretical framework integrating moral judgment with moral behavior through the "worldview" mechanism. Argues that Jensen's identification of an orthodox moral outlook is more successful than the theoretical framework offered and that many…

Discusses general issues relevant to the use of measures in diverse populations. Describes the ideal strategy for developing a measure of underlying constructs. Describes the relevance of an examination of measurement equivalence in developing a measure for use in diverse populations and key issues to be addressed in measure development. (KB)

Examines how decisions made by the author and her husband regarding public acknowledgement of their children's mixed ethnicity have marked and will continue to mark the cultural lives of their children, focusing on how these reflections might promote more effective intergroup relations and cultural pluralism in society. (SM)

Asian Americans (n=182) and European Americans (n=235) completed Crites Career Maturity Inventory and the Self-Construal Scale; Asian Americans also completed an acculturation scale. Asian Americans exhibited less mature career choices; highly acculturated Asian Americans and those with lower interdependent self-construal were similar to European…

The author stresses that in order to make minority students better rounded individuals, increase self-confidence levels, and enhance chances of achievement, it is imperative for them to see other successful people who reflect them both culturally and ethnically. (JM)

Nannerl Keohane became president of Duke University in 1993, one of the first women to lead a top research university. This article details some of the changes that have taken place during her tenure as president. (JM)

Introduces a theme issue on social stigma and stereotyping, suggesting an insider's perspective to focus attention on the stereotyped or stigmatized ingroup's responses, experiences, and beliefs and proposing that the insider's perspective affords a view of stigmatized groups as actively seeking to make sense of their social world and attain…

Presents diversity as a resource to create a high performing work culture that enables all employees to do their best work. Distinguishes between diversity and inclusion, describes a model for diagnosing an organization's culture, sets forth steps for implementing a organizational change, and discusses the human resource professional's role.…

The concept of opposing entities and difference is deeply ingrained in society. To overcome it requires awareness of complementarity and synergy. Celebrating diversity is not about tolerance; it necessitates dynamic recognition of synergistic relationships. (SK)

Explores the development of a critical pedagogy that interrogates commonly held assumptions about identity and culture in social, political, and historical perceptions of cultural difference. Attempts to deconstruct dichotomizing tendencies of thinking about differences by conceptualizing a "third space" in which to live critically.…

Responds to the Forrest et al article on counselor trainee impairment from a feminist and multicultural professional trainer. Suggests that the information in the article increases the potential for psychologists to deal with stressful dilemmas related to trainee impairment, which can be framed from an ethical, feminist/multicultural perspective.…

Presents a personal view of the Association for Business Communication European Convention in Helsinki. Discusses the author's reflections on some of the five plenary talks and six parallel tracks. Describes her experience in the track on International and Intercultural Aspects of Business Communication. Comments on a paper in the fifth track: new…

Discussion of issues concerned with diversity and inclusion in higher education (since issue No. 49 of this journal which focused on the topic) considers: terminology and focus; identity formation; racialization and whiteness; civic responsibility, democracy, and community; breadth and depth of activities; and expanded activities to support…