Design issue 4

As I said in my last blog, it is difficult to decide which concepts are useful for ICC development design. Finally, I choose the value orientation, individualism-collectivism, ethnocentric, stereotypes, uncertainty avoidance and verbal communication style as the key.


I chose them because, from my perspective, values are very important, as Ting-Toomey and Chung (2012) claim that values shape we do and say things, as well as our behaviors. On the other hand, value orientation, individualism-collectivism, ethnocentric and stereotype are all relevant with value.

Even we spend most of the time on non-verbal communication but verbal communications are still daily actions. Different communication style will cause misunderstandings. Such as low-context people say" You dress is ugly" to a high-context people who feel be offended. Knowing our own communicating style with others allows us to communicate more effectively. 

International students are often exposed to uncertain situations, their reactions are important for dealing with these uncertainties. This is the reason why I choose the concept of uncertainty avoidance.

All these choices are based on my perspective and assumptions, this also brings the intercultural issues which throughout the design and cannot be eliminated.