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 \nEditorial Assistant:  \nProduction Editor:  \nEditorial Assistant:  \nTypesetter/Designer  \nIndexer:  \nCover Designer:  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in anyform or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,without per-mission in writing from the publisher.  \nThousand Oaks,California 91320E-mail:order@sagepub.com  \nSage Publications India Pvt.LtdM-32 MarketGreater Kailash INew Delhi 110048 India  \nBecoming intercultural:An integrative theory of communication andcross-cultural adaptation/by Young Yun Kim.  \n1.Intercultural communication.2.Assimilation (Sociology).  \n3.Emigration and immigration—Psychological aspects.I.Title.  \n00-010052  \n010203040510987654321  \nMargaret H.Seawell  \nHeidi Van Middlesworth  \nDenise Santoyo  \nVictoria Cheng  \nSusan Selmer  \nTeri Greenberg  \nMichelle Lee  \nContents  \nList of Figures and TablesixPrefacexi  \nPart I.The Background  \n1.Introduction  \n34  \nCommon Experiences of Crossing CulturesTheorizing About Cross-Cultural Adaptation102.Existing Approaches to Cross-Cultural Adaptation11Macro-Level and Micro-Level Perspectives12Long-Term and Short-Term Adaptation15Adaptation as Problem and Adaptationas Learning/Growth17Varying Theoretical Accounts and EmpiricalAssessments21Divergent Value Premises:Assimilationismand Pluralism23Toward Integration26  \nPart II.The Theory  \n3.Organizing Principles29The Domain and Boundary Conditions30Assumptions:Strangers as Open Systems35Mechanics of Theorizing38Empirical Grounding42  \n# 4.The Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation\n\n45Cultural Adaptation46Cross-Cultural Adaptation49The Stress-Adaptation-Growth Dynamic:A Process Model54Three Facets of Intercultural Transformation61Axioms6871Personal Communication:Host CommunicationCompetence72Social Communication74Environment78Predisposition82Linking Dimensions and Factors:A Structural Model85Assumptions,Axioms,and Theorems88  \n# 5.The Structure of Cross-Cultural Adaptation\n\nPart II.Elaboration of the Theory  \n97Host Communication Competence98Cognitive Components100Affective Components108Operational Components114Linking Cognitive,Affective,and OperationalComponents117121Host Social Communication122Ethnic Social Communication134Linking Factors of Host and Ethnic SocialCommunication142147Host Receptivity148Host Conformity Pressure152Ethnic Group Strength155Linking Factors of Communication and Environment160165Preparedness for Change166Ethnic Proximity168Adaptive Personality172Linking Factors of Communication and Predisposition180  \n6.Personal Communication  \n7.Social Communication  \n8.Environment  \n9.Predisposition  \n10.Intercultural Transformation183Functional Fitness185Psychological Health187Intercultural Identity190Emergence of Intercultural Personhood194  \n# Part IV.The Theory and the Reality\n\n203The Theory:Principal Features204Theory-Research Correspondence208Toward Methodological Integration213221Understanding Adaptation Potential222Host Environment as Partner223Willingness to Be Changed225Managing Stress227Focusing on Communicative Engagement229Cultivating Adaptive Personality231Forging a Path of Intercultural Personhood232Notes237References243Index295About the Author321  \n11.Research Con","cbCairDHHnIwdSJH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairDHHnIwdSJH","pdf",68472210,337,"English","# List of Figures and Tables\n# Preface\n# Part I. The Background\n## 1. Introduction\n## Common Experiences of Crossing Cultures\n## Theorizing About Cross-Cultural Adaptation\n## 2. Existing Approaches to Cross-Cultural Adaptation\n# Part II. The Theory\n## 3. Organizing Principles\n## 4. The Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation\n## 5. The Structure of Cross-Cultural Adaptation\n# Part III. Elaboration of the Theory\n# Part IV. The Theory and the Reality\n## 11. Research Considerations\n## 12. 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