Cross Cultural

Low Context and High Context Cultures and Why they Make a Difference — Will a Japanese company appreciate your attempts to get right to the point? Will a German company become bored if you beat around the bush, instead of directly addressing your points? It’s obvious there seems to be a communication gap here. When the behavior of people from other countries and…

Strategies for Success Are you planning to move abroad? Are you working in a global marketplace or for a global company? Have more foreign-born people moved into your neighborhood? If so, then this blog is the place to be! Cultural Diversity Comes to The Neighborhood I know that in recent years, my neighborhood has become more…

In 2018 I set out on an epic journey: to conduct cultural psychology field research in 55 countries over a period of 2 years, adding to the 50+ in which I’d previously done similar work to varying degrees. A broad and introductory approach to be sure, with intentions to set…

Integrative Health, Transpersonal Psychology, in a cross-cultural exploration — these are the primary themes of this writer. But what do they mean? Integrative health is a concept that takes the ‘biopsychosocial’ model and ‘holistic health’ concept…

TAIPEI — For museum enthusiasts who find themselves in the city of Taipei, there are three museums that you wouldn’t want to miss: the renowned National Palace Museum (NPM) that houses the world’s largest collection of Chinese art; the National Taiwan Museum (NTM) that is home to a diverse collection…

This is not like the chicken and the egg. But almost. Language is as old as it can get, and it still evolves — in structure and meaning. It can range from hand signs, gestures, tone, to very complex words that could be translated to whole phrases evoking sensations. …

With increased flexibility of remote work comes the challenge of managing cross cultural remote teams: close the gap with intentional connection and communication. This article was originally published on voltagecontrol.com Learning to connect a culturally diverse virtual workforce is an essential part of managing cross cultural remote teams. …