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Interactions among individuals representing culturally dissimilar
and politically unequal groups are a ubiquitous feature of modern
life. Navigating Power: Cross-Cultural Competence in Navajo Land by
Gelaye Debebe is concerned with how these interactions affect task
coordination in organizational settings. While much research has
addressed the effect of cultural differences on these interactions,
very little work has been done examining the role of political
inequality. Research suggests that cross-cultural breakdowns arise
from differing cultural values and assumptions. Overcoming these
breakdowns requires cross-cultural competence. This competence
entails the ability to sustain a learner stance in the face of
ambiguity, uncertainty, and negative or ambivalent emotional
states. Cross-cultural learning is also viewed as a mutual process
in which individuals examine their assumptions and jointly
construct novel solutions. This book suggests that where power
inequalities rooted in historical events are coupled with cultural
differences, politically subordinate group members have a keen
understanding of the dominant group culture. For them, the
violation of historical sensitivities rooted in collective
memories, and not cultural clash, are potent triggers for
communication breakdown. Because of political inequality, mutuality
is not a given in the learning process. Frequently there is a
presumption that the knowledge and expertise of dominant group
members is universal, better and legitimate. Faced with this
situation, subordinate group members draw on power-based rules to
interrupt the dominant postures of the politically powerful group.
To illustrate these dynamics, Navigating Power draws upon
qualitative data from an inter-organizational relationship between
an Anglo and Navajo organization. It focuses on two contrasting
patterns of interaction, the first of which involves ignoring and
suppressing context, and the second involves reading and writing
context."
Interactions among individuals representing culturally dissimilar
and politically unequal groups are a ubiquitous feature of modern
life. Navigating Power: Cross-Cultural Competence in Navajo Land by
Gelaye Debebe is concerned with how these interactions affect task
coordination in organizational settings. While much research has
addressed the effect of cultural differences on these interactions,
very little work has been done examining the role of political
inequality. Research suggests that cross-cultural breakdowns arise
from differing cultural values and assumptions. Overcoming these
breakdowns requires cross-cultural competence. This competence
entails the ability to sustain a learner stance in the face of
ambiguity, uncertainty, and negative or ambivalent emotional
states. Cross-cultural learning is also viewed as a mutual process
in which individuals examine their assumptions and jointly
construct novel solutions. This book suggests that where power
inequalities rooted in historical events are coupled with cultural
differences, politically subordinate group members have a keen
understanding of the dominant group culture. For them, the
violation of historical sensitivities rooted in collective
memories, and not cultural clash, are potent triggers for
communication breakdown. Because of political inequality, mutuality
is not a given in the learning process. Frequently there is a
presumption that the knowledge and expertise of dominant group
members is universal, better and legitimate. Faced with this
situation, subordinate group members draw on power-based rules to
interrupt the dominant postures of the politically powerful group.
To illustrate these dynamics, Navigating Power draws upon
qualitative data from an inter-organizational relationship between
an Anglo and Navajo organization. It focuses on two contrasting
patterns of interaction, the first of which involves ignoring and
suppressing context, and the second involves reading and writing
context.
Readers come to the topic of leadership development with multiple
interests-intellectual, professional, and personal-and with
curiosity about how to apply concepts and tools to themselves and
to support others. Women's Leadership Development: Caring
Environments and Paths to Transformation addresses these concerns.
The book offers an interdisciplinary framework of leadership
effectiveness and brings this framework to life with detailed and
illuminating descriptions of four leadership transformations
facilitated by care-practices used in a specific leader development
program. The book will be of interest to academics who teach
leadership or conduct leadership research, HR professionals who are
seeking fresh ideas for how to maximize the impact of leadership
training for women, and anyone with a passion for personal growth
and development.
Readers come to the topic of leadership development with multiple
interests-intellectual, professional, and personal-and with
curiosity about how to apply concepts and tools to themselves and
to support others. Women's Leadership Development: Caring
Environments and Paths to Transformation addresses these concerns.
The book offers an interdisciplinary framework of leadership
effectiveness and brings this framework to life with detailed and
illuminating descriptions of four leadership transformations
facilitated by care-practices used in a specific leader development
program. The book will be of interest to academics who teach
leadership or conduct leadership research, HR professionals who are
seeking fresh ideas for how to maximize the impact of leadership
training for women, and anyone with a passion for personal growth
and development.
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