What are three cultural values that caused the researcher to upset her host family?

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For your paper, you will answer and expound on the following question. What are three cultural values that caused the researcher to upset her host family? Here’s how you should prepare: 1. Firstly read the assigned article, “Japanese Ghosts Don’t Have Feet” by Liza Dalby. 2. Identify three specific mistakes made by the researcher during her visit. 3. Thirdly identify the causes of those mistakes by linking the causes to her cultural values . They include individualism, collectivism, high-context, low-context, high power distance, low power distance, strong uncertainty avoidance, weak uncertainty avoidance, achievement, or nurturing). Also review these cultural values in Chapter Two. 4. Finally write down your own stories or the experience of others, who have made similar mistakes.

5. Then read the assigned article, “Poker-Face Meets Volcano: Invisible Force Fields and the Clash of Emotions in International Business” by O’Brien Brown. 6. Read the assigned article, “Culture and Conflict” by Michelle LeBaron. Now, it’s time to draft the paper: • Write a 5-paragraph, double-spaced MLA-formatted essay. • Include a proper introductory paragraph that includes a hook, background information and a thesis statement. It’s very important that your thesis statement directly answer the essay question: What are three cultural values that caused the researcher to upset her host family?.

In summary

Use the next three paragraphs to expound on each of the three cultural values that caused the researcher to upset her host family, making sure you back up each of your main points with expert testimony (Poker-face Meets Volcano & Culture and Conflict articles & the Adler et al. textbook), examples (from the Japanese article), and stories (from your own personal experienceor others). In other words, use the well-formed paragraph model that we’ve been practicing since the beginning of the semester. • In your concluding paragraph, include a power-punch ending (hook) and refer back to the thesis. • Lastly, provide a properly cited Bibliography or Works Cited page that includes citations for the textbook and all three articles.

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