Date of Award
6-1979
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Business
First Advisor
L. Robert Kohls
Second Advisor
Craig Eisendrath
Abstract
This paper is the product of a particular stage in its author's professional and intellectual development . Its purpose is to use the special vantage point of a (relatively) disinterested observer, in order to form a novel picture of a particular population, comprised of those persons who are engaged in cross-cultural training--more especially, those who, as outside consultants , seek or maintain a clientele among members of the U.S. business community. I believe it likely that this viewpoint could not as readily be taken by one who is already fully involved in the daily practice of cross-cultural training.
Every effort has been made to bring to bear on the subject at hand the very analytical tools which are part of the standard equipment of the cross-cultural trainer--a willingness to utilize data derived from experiential learning, a diverse set of stylistic modes and methodologies , and a sense of identification with the subjects under study , an empathic attachment. In that sense I write more as a trainer than as a researcher , although my goals are exclusively cognitive ones.
Recommended Citation
Patico, Alexander, "An Examination of the Interface Between Cross-Cultural Trainers and the Business Community in the United States, from the Perspective of the Trainer" (1979). Theses. 1150.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1150
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