Tests a process model of request tactic evaluation in two different cultures. Finds that, in both cultures, perceived effectiveness functions as a mediating variable between the four interactive constraints and perceived likelihood of use. Finds that Koreans rated concern for feelings and avoiding imposition highly, whereas Americans rated clarity…

Indicates that culture affected all three dimensions of the model of self-consciousness studied, with significant differences emerging between the (1) U.S. and Japanese samples on public self-consciousness and (2) U.S. and Korea on social anxiety. Reveals significantly higher levels of self-monitoring in the U.S. sample than in both the Japanese…

To test the cross-cultural validity of uncertainty reduction theory, a study was conducted using students from South Korea and the United States who were chosen to represent high- and low-context cultures respectively. Uncertainty reduction theory is based upon the assumption that the primary concern of strangers upon meeting is one of uncertainty…

Compares responses to a timed writing assignment by students from South Korea and from the United States. Finds that South Korean texts showed more similarities to than differences from the American texts, and suggests a more complex context situation than the commonly accepted high context/low context model of cultural differences can…

Investigates perceptions of the appropriateness of negotiation among Koreans and mainstream Americans. Finds no significant differences between Korean students in the United States and in Korea, but finds that the combined Korean group believed negotiation significantly less appropriate than American students in 12 of 13 educational situations .…