Working with difference: Cognitive schemas, ethical cosmopolitanism and negotiating cultural diversity

Cultural Values and Cosmopolitanism

This article investigates whether the September 11 attack had an impact on cultural values and the level of cosmopolitanism of US university students. Extending a model proposed by Esses, Dovidio & Hodson (2002), we hypothesize a positive effect on the cultural dimensions of collectivism and hierarchy/power distance and a negative effect on cosmopolitanism. Our results – drawn from two separate...

Engineers Engaging with Community: Negotiating Cultural Difference on Mine Sites

In this paper we scrutinize the concepts of culture and cultural relativism and argue that, despite difference in academic interpretations, they have relevance for engineers in their working lives. Engineers, particularly those who work for transnational resource companies, often confront different belief systems when they work on site. This article looks at the misunderstandings that can arise...

Diversity, conflict, and innovation: negotiating difference through project work

Introduction There is a tension at the heart of multi-functional project organisations between similarity and difference that arguably has a major impact upon the nature of knowing and learning in such settings. It has long been recognised that differences between organisational members can be both a source of creativity and innovation as well as triggering conflict and misunderstanding. Referr...

Negotiating Cultural Encounters

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Cultural diversity in health care: interpersonal and ethical considerations.