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| Type | Conference or Workshop Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Published in Proceedings | Yes |
| Title | A qualitative study of workplace intercultural communication tensions in dyadic face-to-face and computer-mediated interactions |
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| Presentation Type | paper |
| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| ISBN | 9781450329026 |
| Page Range | 415 - 424 |
| Event Title | DIS '14 Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Designing interactive systems |
| Event Type | conference |
| Event Location | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Event Start Date | June 21 - 2014 |
| Event End Date | June 25 - 2014 |
| Place of Publication | New York, New York, USA |
| Publisher | ACM Press |
| Abstract Text | We present findings from a qualitative study with 28 participants of the dyadic intercultural communication tensions professionals experience in Face-to-Face (FTF) and Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) workplace interactions. We identify four categories of intercultural communication tensions that emerged most frequently in our dataset including range of emotional expression, level of formality, "fixed" versus flexible appointments and task versus social-orientation. We discuss how these tensions manifested in FTF and CMC media and unravel the ways media supports or hinders intercultural communication. We present the adaptations participants made to mitigate such tensions and offer implications for design. Our findings demonstrate that the most frequently occurring intercultural communication tensions manifested in both FTF and CMC, regardless of the medium used. This indicates that cultural communication challenges will persist no matter the medium, highlighting the opportunity for technologies to better support workplace intercultural communication. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1145/2598510.2598594 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:11622 |
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