Since the early 1980s, psychologists and survey methodologists have made considerable progress in understanding the cognitive and communicative processes underlying survey responding To date this research has paid limited attention to cultural differences. However, there is increasing evidence that there are cultural differences in how information is processed (for a review, see Oyserman & Lee,...

This article examines the tensions, (dis)continuities, and precariousness of postcolonial identities in autobiographical writings Palestinian authors Ghada Karmi Raja Shehadeh. The question identity will be examined considering Gayatri Spivak’s conceptualisation strategic essentialism Kimberlé Crenshaw’s collective politics texts, as well concepts multiple affiliations by Amin Maalouf Chantal M...

this paper showed the results of a qualitative investigation that looked into intracultural communication between brazilian teachers and students of english, and intercultural communication between american teachers and brazilian students of english. the aims were to identify and describe contextualization cues used by both brazilian and american speakers of english, and to connect these cues w...

organizational culture of an organization is one of the fundamental staffs' job satisfaction factors. this study aimed to determine the effects of organizational culture on faculty members' job satisfaction using hofstede's model. in a descriptive applied study 61 faculty members of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences were randomly selected and studies in 2015. hofstede's model were ...

Compensating for reduced public funding, Australian universities actively recruit fullfee paying East Asian international students. University staff , aware of international students having diffi culties coping with cultural and emotional issues, often encourage them to seek university counselling services. However, East Asian international students under-utilise counselling services. Th is pap...