As we encounter ever greater cultural and co-cultural diversity, the careful study of intercultural communication competence becomes increasingly important. Only through competent intercultural communication can persons from different cultures communicate effectively and appropriately in the upcoming global society. Following a recounting of themes of research on intercultural communication, this chapter presents arguments concerning individuals’ need to negotiate multiple identities in terms of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, and religion in the interdependent and interconnected network of global society. This requires a functional and theoretical transformation of the study of intercultural communication competence.

Intercultural Communication Competence: A Synthesis

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Cultural differences in medical communication: A review of the literature

(1993). 2002—a research odyssey: Toward the development of a communication theory of identity. Communication Monographs: Vol. 60, Into the New Century, pp. 76-82.

2002—a research odyssey: Toward the development of a communication theory of identity

Ethnic/cultural identity salience and conflict styles in four US ethnic groups

This article develops a set of predictions for interactions in culturally diverse workgroups. A typology of organizations and corresponding workgroups is detailed, adapted from Cox's (1991) model of monolithic, plural, and multicultural organizational types, followed by a discussion of how organization and workgroup conditions influence workgroup members to emphasize either categorization or specification in cognitive processing. Next, a series of positive and negative communicative interaction types is predicted based on type of processing. Finally, a discussion of the implications for further research and potential application is presented.

Michael V. Sedano

Papers

A Mexican American perspective on interethnic communication

Understanding culture, communication, and research: Applications to Chicanos and Mexican Americans