Apr 13, 2010 | American culture, Asian culture, Business, cross cultural communication
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hispanics comprise 50% of the foreign-born labor force and Asians make up 22%. Among these workers, 2 tiers exist: Latinos with low education and low skills, and educated professionals from Asia. Although both groups are...
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Apr 8, 2010 | American culture, Asian culture, cross cultural communication, cross cultural conflict
Yang Liu is a designer who was born in China and raised in Germany. Her graphic designs showing cultural differences between East and West are both insightful and humorous. Below are some of her designs that help us to understand differences in doing business...
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Apr 1, 2010 | American culture, Asian culture, cross cultural communication, Language, Uncategorized
Language and culture cannot be separated. A good communicator knows this, and will speak with the cultural style of the listener. By mirroring someone’s communication style, you are affirming their values in that area. Contrarily, when parties don’t reciprocate each...
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Mar 24, 2010 | American culture, Asian culture, Business, cross cultural negotiation
Understanding the importance and source of status is a vital part of working cross culturally. People can attain status in two ways: Achieved status – what you do In the US and other English-speaking countries, status is achieved and based on your own hard work and...
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Mar 16, 2010 | American culture, cross cultural conflict, Hispanic culture
Clearly, not all members of any group will behave in the same way. But managers who can recognize cultural patterns and communication styles of their diverse employees will be better able to avoid cross cultural conflict in the workplace. Here are 3 sources of cross...
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Mar 10, 2010 | Business, Expats, Language
Many foreign-born professionals in R&D or IT fields say they feel limited by their English at work. Although they may have the precise and technical vocabulary for their field, they often lack the fluency and interactional skills to participate fully at work. What...
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Mar 9, 2010 | cross cultural communication
Google’s claims it’s new translation tool can “make the language barrier go away.” Language barriers are more than vocabulary and grammar. I expect that translation software will continue to have problems as long as it focuses on the language...
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