Issues of Validity in Intercultural Professional Communication Research

Barry Thatcher New Mexico State University

Abstract

This article explores three ways to design US empirical methods to be more valid and ethical in cross-cultural studies. First, intercultural researchers need to distinguish broad rhetorical and cultural patterns from regional, organizational, and personal patterns, a process that requires balancing the fact of difference with the need for generalization. Second, US researchers need to distinguish not only the differences in rhetorical patterns in a form of communication but also in the ways that form is used rhetorically. Third, researchers need to construct researcher-participant relationships that are sensitive to the values of organizational relationships in both cultures.

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Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2001-10-01
DOI
10.1177/105065190101500403
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