Inter‐Asian Variability in Intergenerational Communication |
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| Authors: | Hiroshi Ota Robert M. McCann James M. Honeycutt |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Global Culture and Communication, Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan;2. University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, CA 90095, USA;3. Department of Communication Studies, The Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study compared Japanese and Thai younger adults' intra‐ and intergenerational communication. Both groups linearly increased communicative respect and avoidance, beliefs about politeness, and deference norms as interlocutors got older (from young to middle‐aged to older adult). Cross‐culturally, the Thais reported more respectful communication to younger adults than did the Japanese, while the Japanese were more likely to be avoidant of communication with middle‐aged adults. Both politeness and deference norms were more strongly endorsed by the Thais than Japanese. Via regression analysis, the deference norm positively predicted respectful communication to middle‐aged and older adults in Japan, and for young and middle‐aged targets in Thailand. Avoidant communication was found to negatively predict conversational enjoyment and satisfaction in both countries. |
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