Sökning: "Cultural competence"

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  1. 11. Language as a Leading Light to Business Cultural Insight : A Study on Expatriates' Intercultural Communication in Central and Eastern Europe

    Författare :Kjell Ljungbo; Björn Bjerke; Susanne Tietze; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Language; multilingualism; culture; intercultural communication; business; expatriate; Central and Eastern Europe; cultural significance structure; business flower; hermeneutics; ideal type; export; foreign language skills; language competence; Sweden; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Sammanfattning : Language competence is decisively important in international business and could increase efficacy, efficiency, sales and profits. Language is an underresearched area in business studies though language constitutes management and the managers building structures, processes, cultures and personalities being the most vital working tool to get things done and make them understandable. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Sustainable Competence Development of Librarians in Pakistan

    Författare :Syed Rahmat Ullah Shah; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable competence development; motivated learning; socio-cultural learning; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates proactive learning and competence development among academic librarians in Pakistan. The concept of motivation comes out of McClelland’s need theory, while the idea of competence development in this thesis emerges from the continuous contact of a person with the professional learning environment. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Hotell Speciell : Livsstilskonsumtion på känslornas marknad

    Författare :Maria Strannegård; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; självuttryck; självprofilerande konsumtion; kulturell ekonomi; identitet; livsstil; boutiquehotell; hotell; designhotell; upplevelseekonomi; estetisering; efemära kvaliteter; exklusivitet;

    Sammanfattning : During the last decades of the 1900’s, businesses started to - in a broader sense than before - acknowledge the economic relevance of intangible components, such as emotional experiences, of products and services. This dissertation explores how the so-called lifestyle hotel segment reflects the socio-cultural currents that set the conditions for these changes in the Western economy. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Healthcare providers' perceptions of diversity and cultural competence

    Författare :Helen Olt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :ANOVA;

    Sammanfattning : Swedish society is ethnically diverse and since the early 1960s immigrants have made significant contributions to the labour market in healthcare. Today many Swedes, including first- and second-generation immigrants, work together in a healthcare setting that serves an increasingly diverse population. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Kulturmöten, textmönster och förhållningssätt : Första- och andraspråksskrivande i några svenska brevgenrer

    Författare :Ylva Carlsson; Gisela Håkansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; intercultural communication; communicative competence; politeness; rhetorical patterns; gender; first-language writing; second-language writing; letter of application; letter of request; letter of apology; Swedish; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : To form well written texts in a culture where the norms for writing are changing is difficult for both native and non-native writers. Moreover, deviations from the norm among non-native writers can be explained by inadequate command of formal and pragmatic knowledge of the new language or a disinclination in non-native writers to accept socio-cultural rules, different from their own. LÄS MER