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intercultural communication

Last activity 07 April 2010 by Julien

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nicoleglotz

I am doing an individual research on interaction between different cultures if you have time and are an expat could you please fill it out!thanks!!

Questionnaire:
(1)    Gender?
(2)    How long have you have been working and living in Kenya (Nairobi)?
(3)    Can you speak Kiswahili?
(4)    Could you describe some cultural and communication particulars of Kenyan people/ employees?

(5)    What is it like to work with a local employee?

(6)    Please describe your interactions with local employees and managers as well as between local employees and local managers


(7)     What cultural, communication, and language challenges have you experienced when working with local employees?


(8)    Who are the most important people to you in terms of information flow?


(9)    What coping strategies have you developed to cope with problems initiated by cultural, communication, and language differences?

(10)     How effective were these strategies?


(11)     What advice would you give to expatriates working in Kenya?

nicoleglotz

oh thank you for those who replied to my private messages!i cant send anymore messages, so i figured i would do it through here!

Julien

nicoleglotz > could you please check your PM system ? It should be ok now ;)

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