When Helping Works: Alleviating Fear and Pain in Global Missions - Hardcover

Badriaki, Michael Bamwesigye

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1532608950 ISBN 13: 9781532608957

Verlag: Wipf and Stock, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Today, people from various parts of the world who are interested in helping fellow human beings impacted by famine, epidemics, wars, and poverty are uniquely positioned. They are interconnected due to globalization's impact, which also has implications for intercultural work and global missions. The ability to help people is a constructive asset, which calls for the need to build friendships and partnerships across the globe. Helping well depends on a number of factors, yet this book looks into the impact of stereotype threat and its effects on intercultural identities, the perceptions of others, and performance in intercultural missions. Human interactions continue to suffer due to fears, anxious reactions about confirming negative stereotypes about a person's identity, abilities, and effectiveness in global missions. Stereotype threat happens when caricatures and negative understandings about people's identities are invoked.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael Bamwesigye Badriaki is founding member and president of Global Leadership Community. He consults with various groups on intercultural partnerships and has taught at George Fox University. Michael is passionate about access to education and so he continues to guest teach and partner with various groups in the US to provide quality education to children in Uganda.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1532608950
• ISBN 13: 9781532608957
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 172
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: GPSR Kontakt; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland