Item Details

title

Face Concerns and Its Effects on the Chinese Community

author

Na'il, Tajha Iman

abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand how Chinese international students are affected by face concerns and facework of their American colleagues. Chinese international students (N=22) completed a survey containing 12 statements about how they think (i.e., face concerns) and six scenarios regarding how they respond (i.e., facework/conflict styles) during interactions with their American colleagues. It was found that Chinese international students were more likely to display self-face concerns, but use compromising facework (i.e., conflict style) regardless of the American students’ face concerns and facework during interactions.

subject

Chinese international students

Conflict style

Face concern

Face Negotiation Theory

Facework

Intercultural communication

contributor

Hazen, Michael D (advisor)

Kirby-Straker, Rowie (committee member)

date

2023-07-25T17:48:34Z (accessioned)

2023-12-06T09:30:06Z (available)

2023 (issued)

degree

Communication (discipline)

embargo

2023-12-06 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/102239 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis