Cross-cultural communication in social work practice: An interpretive approach to cross-cultural communication difficulties.
This research is focused on cross-cultural communication misunderstandings between First Nations people, living on reserve, and outside services/agencies. The goal of the research is to consider issues related to cross-cultural communication. The findings are important for social workers engaged in...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:unbc_15897 2024-06-02T08:06:44+00:00 Cross-cultural communication in social work practice: An interpretive approach to cross-cultural communication difficulties. Pierce, Joanna (Author) Schmidt, Glen (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2007 electronic Number of pages in document: 94 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A15897 https://doi.org/10.24124/2007/bpgub499 English eng University of Northern British Columbia https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A15897 uuid: 7c130c79-ca16-439b-8917-3fb443ca8a8f bib-number: MR28443 isbn: 978-0-494-28443-8 https://doi.org/10.24124/2007/bpgub499 lac: TC-BPGUB-499 Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Communication in social work -- British Columbia Northern Intercultural communication -- British Columbia Carrier Indians -- Social life and customs HV41 .P54 2007 Text thesis 2007 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.24124/2007/bpgub499 2024-05-06T00:30:44Z This research is focused on cross-cultural communication misunderstandings between First Nations people, living on reserve, and outside services/agencies. The goal of the research is to consider issues related to cross-cultural communication. The findings are important for social workers engaged in community practice roles. An interpretive descriptive approach was used to explore the issue. The data were taken from participant interviews and thematic analysis was used to identify themes. Four themes emerged from the interviews: transportation to urban services and technology, cultural practices, language and translation, and jargon and slang. The themes provide insight into how cross-cultural communication misunderstandings and professional practice applications impact relationship building between social workers and their clients.--P.ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1327929 Thesis First Nations Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) |
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This research is focused on cross-cultural communication misunderstandings between First Nations people, living on reserve, and outside services/agencies. The goal of the research is to consider issues related to cross-cultural communication. The findings are important for social workers engaged in community practice roles. An interpretive descriptive approach was used to explore the issue. The data were taken from participant interviews and thematic analysis was used to identify themes. Four themes emerged from the interviews: transportation to urban services and technology, cultural practices, language and translation, and jargon and slang. The themes provide insight into how cross-cultural communication misunderstandings and professional practice applications impact relationship building between social workers and their clients.--P.ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1327929 |
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Cross-cultural communication in social work practice: An interpretive approach to cross-cultural communication difficulties. |
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