Barriers to cross-cultural communication (3 Pages 847 Words)

Introduction If you are to work effectively with people who are culturally different, you need to become aware of your own culture and how that impacts on others. As one textbook on professional communication puts it: we need to become more aware of the cultural basis of our own behaviours, perceptions, beliefs, and values. This enables us to see an interaction from a cultural perspective. It is not just the other person who is displaying culture-specific attitudes and behaviours; we are also doing just that (Peter Putnis & Roslyn Petelin, Professional Communication principles and applications, Prentice Hall, Sydney, 1996, ). Personal values Understanding your own values may not be easy,...