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Filtering by: Committee Member Rosenberger, Nancy Date 1994 Resource Type Masters Thesis

Intercultural communication and the United States-Japan wood products trade

Creator:

Oblander, Patrick

Abstract:

This paper seeks to answer whether problems in intercultural communication contribute to difficulties in wood products trade between the United States and Japan. It summarizes the more commonly heard complaints about the current state of this trade flow, including trade barriers and product specifications. It then offers a list of...

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Masters Thesis
Imagining them, reimagining ourselves : a case study of cultural appropriation and the politics of identity

Creator:

Smith-Nolan, Mary K.

Abstract:

Several popular cultural movements emphasizing indigenous spirituality have arisen in the United States and Europe within the past thirty years. Spiritual discourses attributed to Native Americans, among other groups, are borrowed by Euro-Americans in search of alternatives to dominant ideologies. In such a circumstance, Native Americans become part of a...

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Masters Thesis
Perceptions on informal performance feedback in Japanese subsidiary organizations : Japanese supervisors and U. S. subordinates

Creator:

Kinefuchi, Etsuko

Abstract:

This study explored perceptions of performance feedback communicated by Japanese supervisors to their U.S. subordinates in Japanese subsidiaries in the U. S. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with both Japanese supervisors and U.S. subordinates and their responses were tape-recorded. The purpose of the study was to assess perceptual similarities and...

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Masters Thesis