K.S. SITARAM is Professor of Radio-Television at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
MICHAEL H. PROSSER is Kern Professor in Communications at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Professor at the University of Virginia.

Foreword, Tapio Varis
Preface
Introduction
Multiculturalism for a Higher Humanity, K. S. Sitaram
SECTION I OVERVIEW: INTERCULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION THEORIES AND ISSUE
The Problem of Ethics in Intercultural Communication, Kenneth D. Day
Hofsted's Dimensions: An Examination and Critical Analysis, Roberta Bell Ross and Sandra L. Faulkner
The Ideology of Difference in Current Discourse, William Over
Multicultural Issues in the Study of Cross Cultural Communication, Eveline Lang
English as the Dominant Language for Intercultural Communication: Prospects for the Next Century, Nobleza Asuncion-Lande
How Global Is Global?
A Critical Look at the Language and Ideology of Globalization, Aixa L. Rodríguez-Rodríguez
Contemporary Advocacy and Intercultural Communication, William Ove
Promoting Intercultural Communication in the Multicultural Classroom: Using Discomfort as a Learning Tool, Ruth Johnson
The Use and Misuse of Questionnaires in Intercultural Training, John Bing
SECTION II OVERVIEW: CULTURAL DIVERSITY: ETHNICITY, RACE, AND GENDER
Fostering Respects for Other Cultures in Teaching Intercultural Communication, Kenneth D. Day
Speech Anxiety among International Students, Laurie Wilfred Hodge
Latinos in the United States.: Diversity, Cultural Patterns, and Misconceptions, Rosita D. Albert
Critical Discourse Analysis: Racism and the Ethos of Equality, Ray T. Donahue
The Black Professional: An Analysis of the Communicative Strategies Used in Cross-Race Mentoring, Kathy W. Brooks
African-American Discourses on Problematic Relations with Whites, Richard Buttny and Princess L. Williams
Turn Taking and the Extended Pause: A Study of Interpersonal Communication Styles across Generations on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Gordon Scott McLean
The Nature and Culture of Conflict: The Indian Case: Some Communication Implications, Clospet Ramesh
SECTION III OVERVIEW: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
Intercultural Relationships across Gender: A Look at the Communicative Parallels that Characterize Intercultural and Cross-Gender Relations, Roberta Bell Ross and Sandra L. Faulkner
Hofstede's Intercultural Dimensions and the Decision-Making Process: Americans and Malaysians in a Cooperative University Setting, Kim Hughes Wilhelm
Educators Crossing Cultures: Evaluation of Past Work and Guidelines for the Future, Ekaterina Ognianova
Artifacts of Intercultural Communication between U.S. and International University Students, Deradirek Ekachai, Mary Hinchcliff-Pelias and Norman Greer
The Communication Stereotypes of Whites and Asians in the White-dominant Classroom, Young-ok Yum
A Comparative Analysis of Rhetorical Theory in China and the United States, D. Ray Heisey
SECTION IV OVERVIEW: MULTICULTURAL AND MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Women's Rights as Human Rights in the United Nations: Three Perspectives, Barbara S. Monfils
The AID Communication Seminars as a Factor in the Development of Intercultural Communication Study, 1958-1978, Huber W. Ellingsworth
The Global Economic Society and Polycultural Teams, R. Ray Gehani
Can We Talk? A Guide for the Twenty-First Century CEO Managing in a Multicultural Environment, Kathy W. Brooks
Jumping Off the Bridge: Rites of Passage and Other Indicators of Organizational Culture, David R. Neumann
SECTION V OVERVIEW: MULTICULTURALISM, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND HEALTH
Multicultural Issues in Health Communication, Elizabeth N. Kunimoto
The Process of Bridging Global Multiculturalism, Communication, and Disability, William Olubodun
Deaf Culture, Pluralism, and the Field of Communication, Cindy Campbell and Rachel Friend
Why Minorities Aren't Choosing Nursing Careers: Intercultural Communication, Recruitment, and Minority Underrepresentation in Nursing, Mary Henderson Askew
Epilogue: Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and the Sharing of Power in the Global Society, Michael H. Prosser
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Contributors
About the Editors.

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