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Managing Life Overseas: The Mastery phase of cultural adaptation
In the blog last week , we explored the steps required to achieve the recovery phase of the adaptation process when living overseas for...
Sep 7, 20253 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: Culture clash and the recovery phase - Part 2
In the blog last week , we focused on the initial steps of recovery from culture clash, the motivation to re-evaluate the context, and...
Aug 31, 20254 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: Culture clash and the recovery phase - Part 1
In the blog last week , we examined the meaning, causes, and some of the consequences of culture shock. This week, we will move further...
Aug 24, 20253 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: Anticipating an encounter with culture shock
In the blog last week , we explored some of the negative consequences arising from the initial honeymoon experience when entering an...
Aug 17, 20255 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: Limiting Honeymoon overstimulation
In the blog last week , we explored an overview of the U-Curve process of cultural adaptation when living overseas for extended periods...
Aug 10, 20253 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: Introduction to the cultural adaptation process
In the blog last week , we concluded our exploration of the critical importance of learning more about the contrasting cultural values of...
Aug 3, 20254 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: Investigating the Muslim cultural cluster
In the blog last week , we not only extended our understanding of the cultural values of the English-speaking nations (ESNs), but we also...
Jul 27, 20254 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: Evaluating the Confucian cluster of nations
In the blog last week , we began our focus on the importance of researching both the domestic and proposed new host culture when planning...
Jul 20, 20253 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: Researching the domestic cultural context
Last week , we began a new series on preparing to live successfully overseas for extended periods of time due to either work...
Jul 13, 20253 min read
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Managing Life Overseas: An overview of the initial planning challenges
In the blog last week , we completed a brief examination of key cross-cultural models that included an investigation of how contrasting...
Jul 6, 20253 min read
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Exploring Cultures: The three levels of Hall’s Iceberg model of culture
In the blog last week , we focused on the Lewis model that illustrates three contrasting cross-cultural communication styles. This week,...
Jun 29, 20253 min read
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Exploring Cultures: The Lewis cross-cultural communication model
In the blog last week , we focused on the Hofstede argument that attempts to differentiate societies based of distinctive value...
Jun 22, 20252 min read
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Exploring Cultures: Evaluating the Hofstede dimensional model
In the blog last week , we focused on an analysis of the social origins of cultural values. This week we will move on to explore a...
Jun 15, 20255 min read
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Exploring Cultures: What are the social origins of cultural values
In the blog last week , we commenced our new series by defining the meaning of both culture and cultural norms. This week we will begin...
Jun 8, 20254 min read
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Exploring cultures: Introduction to the concept of cultural values
In the blog last week , we concluded the series on the influence and interpretation of non-verbal emotional signalling during...
Jun 1, 20253 min read
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Non-verbal interaction: Interpreting pauses and silences during communication
In the blog last week , we explored the influence of culture on the transmission and interpretation of non-verbal emotional signalling...
May 25, 20253 min read
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Non-verbal interaction: Interpreting emotional signalling styles
In the blog last week , we examined the extent to which contrasting cultural perceptions of time significantly shaped non-verbal...
May 18, 20253 min read
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Non-verbal interaction: Time and communication across cultures
In the blog last week , we examined the intriguing topic of voice modulation that is shaped by a complex pattern of expectations, norms,...
May 11, 20255 min read
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Non-verbal interaction: The influence of voice modulation
In the blog last week , we examined an overview of the broad topic of body language signalling focusing of the extent to which the...
May 4, 20255 min read
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Non-verbal interaction: The importance of body language signalling
In the blog last week , we explored the extent to which norms relating to the acceptability or otherwise of physical contact in public...
Apr 27, 20254 min read
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