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Expat Life in Mexico
The North American Free Trade Agreement (Weintraub, 2004) and lower labour costs in Mexico have caused many US companies to move their operations south of the border. While the majority of the workers...
View ArticleAn expatriate child's view of Saudi Arabia
With all the attention given to the Middle East today, it is important that the Western public receives a complete picture in order that their opinions and sentiment toward Arabs and their homeland’s...
View ArticleYahoo! launches Chinese language version
Yahoo! today announced the availability of a Chinese language version of Yahoo! Go 2.0 for Taiwan. Yahoo! Go 2.0 is an innovative application, designed specifically for the mobile user, that allows...
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Intercultural awareness crucial for military in Iraq
A survey released today suggests that intercultural skills would have helped troops in Iraq. In stark contrast to the ‘Rumsfeldian’ “shock and awe” approach promoted in the run up to the invasion of...
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Expat Life in Malaysia
Christopher Boyd says sitting in your 50th floor office, mobile phone in hand, reading about the problems of tigers eating the local livestock is but one of the many contrasts which makes life in...
View ArticleIntercultural dialogue in Europe
As a recent announcement in the official website of EU informs us: Almost three quarters of EU citizens (72%) believe that people with a different background (ethnic, religious or national) enrich the...
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Ukraine: culture, etiquette and customs
The People Ukrainians are of Slavic origin. About 75% of the population is ethnic Ukrainian. The largest minority group is the Russians at about 20%. Belarussians, Bulgarians, Poles, Hungarians and...
View ArticleExpats "get the best of both worlds"
When English people move abroad, almost half (46 percent) miss traditional dishes such as bangers and mash and black pudding. More than a third (37 percent) miss their favourite TV programmes, such as...
View ArticleIntercultural workshop, SIETAR (France)
SIETAR France Saturday: January 19th, 2008 In Paris/France 9h30 - 12h30 & 14h00 -17h00 Workshop in english and in french By Roger Baumgarte, Ph.D. "Research on Cultural Variations in Close...
View ArticleHighest percentage of online shopping in S. Korea
More than 85 percent of the world's online population has used the Internet to make a purchase -- increasing the market for online shopping by 40 percent in the past two years -- according to the...
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The cultural aspects of doing business in the Middle East
Farhad Heydari lays out the complexities and the basics of doing business in the Middle East, whether in its more worldly or more insular regions. In the early stages of David Lean's Academy...
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Intercultural Cities Conference 1-3 May 2008 Liverpool
An official UK event for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 In the cities of today and tomorrow, how can people from different cultures really live together - rather than just rub along...
View ArticleCharity calls for business leaders to take up diversity challenge
A charity that campaigns to provide a "secure base for Britain's minority ethnic communities" has called for effective leadership to promote diversity, after a poll revealed that almost nine in 10...
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Zurich top city for expats
European cities offer the best quality of life for expatriate staff, according to a study of more than 200 locations. The survey by Mercer, the international consultants, ranked the cities on the basis...
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Cultural Dos and Donts during Olympics in Beijing
Don't ask a tourist's age or wage, steer clear of sex and avoid religion: what many Chinese consider idle chit-chat has now become the latest area of censure in Beijing as it prepares for an influx of...
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Tricky feats of cross-cultural communication
A true story: when a US telecoms giant decided to replace its manager in Thailand several years ago, it chose an ABC - American-born Chinese - in the belief he would be more culturally attuned to...
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Maasai warrior breaks taboos
Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser, a profession that is taboo in his culture. His story...
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Young Expats - what is being done?
Michele Bar-Pereg investigates ways in which global mobility professionals can assist this group in making their assignments successful. Transferees on their first assignments abroad— especially...
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The burden of Expatriate life
More and more workers have relocated abroad in recent years, but despite the growing numbers, family issues remain a major factor in the failure of overseas postings. The initial excitement of an...
View ArticleMarketing to BRIC Countries
The markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China, also known as the BRIC countries, have been on the rise for a couple of years now. A guide that explains how businesses can take their products or...
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