Cross‐cultural collaboration: Whose culture is it, anyway?
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Technical Communication Quarterly
- Vol. 2 (1) , 51-62
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10572259309364523
Abstract
By examining the cultural assumptions about what makes an effective team member, this essay argues that we typically design collaborative projects and evaluate student participants by using a Western model of how people should behave in groups. In order to enhance cross‐cultural understanding in collaboration, instructors can help students focus on cultural differences in group emphasis, achievement, decision‐making, and communication styles.Keywords
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