IAIR Conference Program Schedule Summary

National Taiwan Normal University

Taipei, Taiwan

May 21-24, 2004

 

 

Day 1

May 21 (Friday)

Day 2

May 22 (Saturday)

Day 3

May 23 (Sunday)

Day 4

May 21 (Friday)

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

Registration

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Registration

8:30  - 9:00 a.m.

Registration

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Registration

Period AA

(8:30 - 9:20 a.m.)

Opening Ceremony

Period A

(9:00 - 9:50 a.m.)

Sessions 17 - 19

Period A

(9:00 - 10:20 a.m.)

Sessions 28 - 30

Period A

(9:00 - 10:20 a.m.)

Sessions 39 - 42

Period A

(9:20 - 10:05 a.m.)

Keynote Speech by

Professor H.C. Karlson

Period B

(10:05 - 10:55 a.m.)

Sessions 20 – 23

Period B

(10:25 - 11:10 a.m.)

Keynote Speech by

Professor H.C. Triandis

Period B

(10:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Poster Session

Period B

(10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Sessions 43 - 45

Period C

(11:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Sessions 24 – 26

Period C

(11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Keynote Speech by

Professor K.K. Hwang

Luncheon Break (12:00 – 1:30 p.m.)

Period D

(1:30 - 3:00 p.m.)

Sessions 5 - 10

(Whole afternoon)

Field experiences: history, arts, & contemporary urban lives in Taipei

Period C

(1:30 - 3:00 p.m.)

Sessions 32 - 34

Period C

(1:30 - 3:00 p.m.)

IAIR members

scholar forum

 

Period E

(3:20 - 4:50 p.m.)

Sessions 11 - 16

Period D

(3:20 - 4:50 p.m.)

Sessions 35 - 38

Period D

(3:20 - 4:50 p.m.)

IAIR Board meeting

Afternoon Break

Period F

(6:30 - 9:00 p.m.)

Welcome dinner & cultural night show

Period D

(7:00 - 9:00 p.m.)

Film & discussion

Period E

(6:30 - 9:00 p.m.)

Joint dinner banquet with Chinese program

Period E

(6:30 - 9:00 p.m.)

Dinner banquet with Taipei City Mayor

 

 

Note:  Registration and all morning programs on Day 1 will be in the Auditorium.  Registration on

 Day 2 through Day 4 as well as all paper, poster, and film sessions will be at the College of

 Education.


IAIR2004 Conference English Session Schedule

 

May 21, 2004 (Day 1)

 

Day 1   Period AA (8:30 - 9:20 a.m.)

 

 Session 1 (Auditorium): Opening Ceremony

 

Day 1   Period A (9:20 - 10:05 a.m.)

 

 Session 2 (Auditorium): Keynote speech

R122  Karlson, H.C.  Harmonizing diversities: History’s successes and failures

 

Day 1   Period B (10:25 - 11:10 a.m.)

 

 Session 3 (Auditorium): Keynote speech

R136  Triandis, H.C.  Effective cross-cultural training: Harmonizing isomorphic attributions, information

                     sampling, and social/organizational strategies

 

Day 1   Period C (11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

 

 Session 4 (Auditorium): Keynote speech

R075  Hwang, K.K.  Confucian relationalism and moral action: An indigenous approach to social psychology

 

Day 1   Period D (1:30 - 3:00 p.m.)

 

 Session 5 (Room 104): Theoretical Conception of Culture”

R026  Segal, E.S., &  Segal, M.T.  Reconceptualizing culture

R070  Chang, W.C.  The global professionals: A new breed of immigrants

R033  Kalscheuer, B.  (De)Constructing cultural borders? A critical note on the interculturalists' enterprise

          

 Session 6 (Room 105): “Cultural Diversity”

R003  Sussman, N.M.  Harmonizations, hybridizations, and identity shifts in cultural re-entries: Hong Kong 

           Chinese experiences

R058  Dillon, R.G.  High context and low context revisited: Re-grounding Hall's paradigm

R008  Morris, R.  International-regional relations, legal-social institutional system harmonizations, and

     international aggression and peace

 

 Session 7 (Room 201):Cross-Cultural Measurements”

R054  Yao, K.G.  Quantitative and qualitative comparisons among three Chinese versions of the WHOQOL-  

            Questionnaire

R015  Begum, N., & Husain, M.G.  Tribal and non-tribal identity in India: A comparison across culture

R050  Ang, S. & Dyne, L.V.  Navigating in different cultures: Developing a scale for cultural intelligence

   

 Session 8 (Room 202): “In-Group vs. Out-Group, and Training”

R052  Gómez, Á., & Gaviria, E.  Meta-stereotype information and within-cultural inter-group relations

R103  Frindte, W., Zachariae, S., Boehnke, K., Mikulincer, M., Rieck, M., Ben-Dor, G., Canetti-Nisim, D.,  

    Qouta, S., & Jondi, N.  Perceptions and evaluation of and experience with macro-social life-threatening

     events and intergroup bias: Report about a planned research project

R116  Gladman, T., Curl, L.S., & Landis, D.  How useful is a good theory in training? Theories of anxiety

     uncertainty management and individualism/collectivism

 

 

Session 9 (Room 301): “International Legal/Business Relations”

R011  French, L.A., & Manzanarez, M.  Cultural and language differences within the NAFTA partnership:

                    Comparative human, social, and criminal justice issues

R084  Zinglersen, H.B., & Harms, M.  Beyond awareness, understanding and respect: Strategies for dealing 

            with cultural differences in international business interaction between individuals

 

 Session 10 (Room 302): “Emigration and Sojourners”

R076  Kudo, K.  Cultural discourses and sojourner-host friendship: Comparative perceptions of international

             and Japanese students

R074  Bornman, E.  Identity and intentions to emigrate: The case of South Africa

R099  Yang, R., & Noels, K.A.  Self-construals, linguistic self-confidence and adjustment: A study of

             international students’ cross-cultural adaptation

 

Day 1   Period E (3:20 - 4:50 p.m.)

 

 Session 11 (Room 104): Classroom Education”

R001  Khelifa, M., & Sonleitner, N.  Changing as you teach: Faculty adjustment and adaptation in a non-

           Western university

R005  Wei, F.Y.F.  International students’ anxieties in oral communication in classrooms: A case study

R088  Baraldi, C.  Forms of intercultural education in classrooms: The Italian situation

 

 Session 12 (Room 105): “Comparative Socialization”

R018  Makhovskaya, O.  Comparison of Russian (ex-Soviet) and American system of socialization

R077  Curran, M.J., MacLachlan, M., & Bunting, B.  From Wembley to Wimbledon: The psychosocial

     adaptation of the Irish in Britain

R087  Kung, H.Y., & Ho, H.Z.  Cross-cultural and gender variations in cooperative and competitive attitudes  

 

 Session 13 (Room 201): “Teaching Diversity”

R051  Jackson, H.  An assessment of student outcomes in general education, human diversity (HD) courses

R069  Chuang, P.F.  The impact of national language policy on family relations in Taiwan

R072  Kacharava, T., & Kipiani, G.  Grid techniques as a method of children’s ethnic identity investigation

 

 Session 14 (Room 202): Intimate Relations, Love and Marriage”

R034  Kuemmerling, A.  Gender differences in mate preferences: Comparison between evolutionary and

             sociocultural theories

R014  Fry, G.W., & Vysoka, A.  The missing cell in race relations

R128  Bedford, O. & Hwang, S.L.  Construction of masculinity: The case of flower-drinking in Taiwan

 

 Session 15 (Room 301):  Civilization” 

R031  Urushadze, L.Z., & Mirtskhulava, G.I.  The study of the Iberian-Caucasian civilization and the urgent

             need of its setting up

R107  Smith, L.R.  Refugee adjustment structures: Resettlement’s effects on personal networks

R106  Daly, A., Troth, A., Barker, M., & Jones, L.  Comparative predictions of international orientations

             across Australian and New Zealand university students

 

 Session 16 (Room 302):  “Comparative Self-Attribution”

R064  Ogawa, N., Gudykunst, W., & Nishida, T.  Self construals and self-esteem in Japan and the United

             States

R035  Chen, J.M., Chiu, S.C, & Suen, M.W.  Differences in social dilemma between individualist and

             collectivist orientations

R119  Burnett, C., & Gardner, J.  Acculturation of Chinese students in Northern Ireland

 


May 22, 2004 (Day 2)

 

Day 2   Period A (9:00 - 9:50 a.m.)

 

 Session 17 (Room 201):  “Cultural Reflections in Arts”

R125  Rosenberg, G.D.  Cross-cultural and within-cultural harmonization of perceptions of nature in art

             history with implications for contemporary environmental policies

R036  Chutiwongpeti, S.  At the dawn of the 21st century: The role of contemporary art in harmonizing

                     Diversities

 

 Session 18 (Room 202):  Panel session “Classroom Education” 

R047  Cushner, K., & Mahon, J.  The developing intercultural competence of teachers: Study 1 “The impact of

            international student teaching experiences on student teachers, visiting teachers and host nationals: An

            exploratory study”

R048  Cushner, K., & Mahon, J.  The developing intercultural competence of teachers: Study 2 “Intercultural

                     sensitivity development of practicing teachers: Life span perspectives and the necessity of life views”

 

 Session 19 (Room 105):  “Women and Acculturation”

R020  Huang-Nissen, S.  Asian-American professionals: Harmonizing cultural values for career success

R062  van Oudenhoven, J.P.  Attachment styles and acculturation strategies

 

Day 2   Period B (10:05 - 10:55 a.m.)  

 

 Session 20 (Room 104):  “Indigenous Cultural Changes” 

R053  Towson, S., Lafreniere, K., & Classens, L.L.  Relationship between life disadvantages and cultural

     heritage: Harmonization in a Canadian aboriginal community

R024  Mulle, V.   The changing role of women in southeast Alaska’s salmon harvest

 

 Session 21 (Room 105):  “Sign Language” 

R032  Cavusoglu, S.  Information signs (pictograms) in harmonizing subjective culture barriers: The Nicosia,

             Cyprus example

R132  Chia, A.L.  Language proficiency, cultural contact, and acculturation among immigrants: A case study

             in Canada

 

 Session 22 (Room 201):  “Conflict in Family and Social Systems”       

R056  Ho, E.  Harmonizing diversities via emphasizing similarities: A study of multicultural classrooms in

             New Zealand

R043  DeAngelis, M.  Cinematic intervention in national identity development: Cross-cultural generalities

 

 Session 23 (Room 202):  “Comparative Assessment of Cultures”

R057  Lo, C.W.  Tertiary socialization from language leaning: Differential impact of cultural orientations

R059  Kulich, S., & Zhu, M.  Analyzing Chinese values shifts over a decade of international impact

 

Day 2   Period C (11:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)  

 

 Session 24 (Room 104):  Panel Session “Cultural Foundations and Acquisitions” 

R120  Ho, Y.C., Chen, H.Y., & Kuo, S.I.C.  Predicaments and harmonization of between-cultural transformations