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can anyone guide me to a diversity resource that addresses how professional differences can be a root of ethnocentrism?
I'm talking about tensions between people who are in different jobs, diciplin
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Professional Diversity awareness
posted at 3/11/2008 5:19 AM EDT
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can anyone guide me to a diversity resource that addresses how professional differences can be a root of ethnocentrism?
I'm talking about tensions between people who are in different jobs, diciplines, professions, but who have to work together. Part of this can be classism, but another part is how we are socialized. We still make disparaging jokes about lawyers, people call accountants "bean counters" that kind of thing. |
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Professional Diversity awareness
posted at 3/11/2008 6:40 AM EDT
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First: 7/26/2007 Last: 4/10/2008 |
In Sociology, "ethnocentrism" is the belief in the inherent superiority of one's ethnic group or culture. It is also the tendency of individuals to judge member of other cultures from the perspective of one's own culture. For example, an American judging a Pakistani by American standards.
So, based on the above definition, professional differences cannot be the root of ethnocentrism, unless you are arguing that a profession is a culture in itself (which is sometimes the case). Perhaps you are looking for a different term? |
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Professional Diversity awareness
posted at 3/13/2008 3:49 AM EDT
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First: 9/30/2004 Last: 12/12/2008 |
Deltac, years ago (1988) Peg Neuhauser wrote "Turning Tribal Conflict into Negotiated Peace:Tribal Warfare in Organizations" which describes how professional groups of EEs think about themselves and others. She goes on to describe how we need to learn to migrate across tribes and manage tribes.
Her schema is very helpful in organizational development because it provides a framework to help people understand the sub-cultures within the company, and how we can easily violate a tribe's values and create conflict. Best, vivlin |
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