7.9. DEALING WITH PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS, AND FUNCTIONS
Disciplines develop their own terminology, which can sometimes make interdisciplinary communication very difficult. An engineer's definition of "attitude" is different from the definition given by a psychologist. Much interdisciplinary work involves defining terms and explaining the unstated assumptions of the discipline.
Triandis had, perhaps, the ultimate experience that illustrates the difficulties of such work. A committee was organized by UNESCO to develop a research project reflecting how values differ in different parts of the world. The group of experts met in Argentina at a villa that had been given to UNESCO. The members were a Filipino anthropologist, ...
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