TY - BOOK AU - Kuga, Lilian A. TI - Communicating in a diverse workplace: a practical guide to successful workplace communication techniques. SN - 078795103 AV - HF5549.5.M5K842 PY - 1996/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey- Bass Pfeiffer KW - Diversity in the workplace. KW - Communication in organizations KW - Personnel management. N1 - Includes appendix; Contents: Introduction: Why read this guidebook -- Who should read this guidebook -- The Importance of communication in diverse work groups : Business communication -- Interpersonal communication -- Communication in diverse work groups -- Challenges and opportunities: Potential communication challenges -- Communicating for success: a four - step process -- Adding new work-group members : When you're the new leader -- When you're the new group member -- When someone else is the new group member -- Getting organized in a diverse work group : Assigning responsibilities and tasks -- Influencing and motivating -- Negotiating -- Decision making -- Coping with ongoing dynamics in a diverse work group : Participation in groups -- Stereotyping -- Managing conflicts -- Giving and receiving feedback in diverse work groups: Two different views of feedback -- Levels of directness -- Differences of formality -- Summary -- Appendix: Reproducible forms and worksheets ER -