Resolving Conflict with Cross-Cultural Partners
Mary Lederleitner, Cross-Cultural Consultant, Wycliffe International
April 14, 2011
Description: Understand your own and your partner’s assumptions, discern cultural vs. ethical problems and develop conflict resolution processes.
Presenter: Mary Lederleitner, Cross-Cultural Consultant, Wycliffe International
Providing ethical and responsible member care to mission/aid staff is crucial to the health and well-being of both the individual and the organization.
Providing ethical and responsible member care to mission/aid staff is crucial to the health and well-being of both the individual and the organization.
Conflict occurs wherever human beings live or work together. It is no surprise then that conflict is a major issue in multicultural teams. All of the eighty-one people we interviewed explained that their team had experienced some degree of conflict, and in some of these teams, conflict had deeply hurt team members and damaged the effectiveness of their team (Hibbert 2002; Hibbert 2011).
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