Cross-Cultural Training Programs

by Darlene E. York

Overview

Drawing from a diverse literature that underscores America's growing racial hostility and violence, York defines and explores the claims of cross-cultural training as an aid to increasing personal satisfaction and professional productivity in culturally diverse work environments. York claims that soaring failure rates among cross-cultural workers, particularly teachers, business personnel, and missionaries, are the result of inadequate, poorly administered, or inappropriate cross-cultural training. Examining more than 500 studies of cross-cultural training programs in more than a dozen occupations, York compares training given to Peace Corps and diplomatic corps members, teachers, doctors, and others who work in culturally diverse environments. In an analysis of these programs, she determines whether differences in policies, goals, selection procedures, lengths of training time, age or race of trainees, training location, or other factors contribute to long-term effectiveness of the programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897893756
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/23/1994
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1330L (what's this?)

About the Author

DARLENE ELEANOR YORK is a Visiting Professor of Education at Emory University in Atlanta. She has taught education courses at the University of Georgia and Agnes Scott College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Cracks in the Melting Pot
Rigging the Races
The World on a String
Ourselves as Strangers
The Inexact Science of Helping
Deliberate Remedies Carefully Applied
Charting the Routes
Some Suggestions for Building a Better World
References
Index