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Cross-Cultural Awareness

The Entire World Is Going Cross-Cultural… Are You Too?

February 9, 2009

I remember an academic advising session during my graduate school years. I was discussing with my adviser which courses to take next, which programs and concentrations best fit my academic and career objectives, etc. At that time I was in a program emphasizing cross-cultural studies, and I was beginning to wonder whether I should focus [...]

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My 5th Christmas in North Africa

December 24, 2008

First of all, I would like to wish all readers a very Merry Christmas.  Needless to say, today is Christmas Eve, and I would like to write a few words about the Christmas atmosphere in Morocco. This is my fifth Christmas in Morocco, and I’m getting used to the style – no carols, no extravagant [...]

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Shame-based Cultures Are Full of Pitfalls

December 1, 2008

Different cultures can be categorized in different ways (and categories don’t always work).  One of them, even with its over-generalization and limitations, is to categorize them into shame-based cultures and guilt-based cultures.  Now, it’s probably impossible to define a particular culture as either shame-based or guilt-based because it more than likely includes a mixture of [...]

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Be Culturally F. A. T.

June 30, 2008

If you are entering another culture on a job assignment or business trip or exchange program, what would be the best cross-cultural approach in order to fully realize the potential for you being in that culture? The answer does not lie in some intense training regimen or programmatic elements, but would actually depend the most [...]

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