Functioning successfully within different cultures can be a struggle for many professionals and, as the world changes, it's become clear that working within other cultures, both domestic and international, requires competence in both identifying and transcending cultural boundaries. In this highly approachable volume, the authors provide a robust framework for addressing cultural conflicts within organizations not just for practitioners in the field of consulting and organizational psychology, but for a broad spectrum of professionals, executives, and community leaders.
Drawing on case studies that illustrate commonly encountered cultural dilemmas in a variety of practice areas, the authors present applications, assessments, and intervention approaches that are prerequisites for gaining transcultural competence, whether as a consultant, organizational leader, or professional in any number of fields dealing with diversity and globalization. Four steps for identifying and mana
Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Foreword
Rodney L. Lowman
Foreword
Fons Trompenaars
Preface
- The Need for Transcultural Competence
- An Approach to Understanding and Applying Culture
- Recognizing Cultural Differences
- Respecting Cultural Differences
- Reconciling Cultural Differences
- Realizing Cultural Differences
- The Cultures of Those Who Study Culture
- Applications of Transcultural Competence
- Avoiding Cultural Traps
- Catch the Pigeon but Look out for the Wave
References
Index
About the Authors
