Cultural Dimensions of Expatriate Life in Malaysia
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001E3V2LS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 441 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Excellent insights into living in Malaysia and other Asian countries" according to Nyle Kardatzke. I bought this book for my current trip to Malaysia and found that it provided insights into life here that I hadn't had on my first trip two months ago. The early portions of the book provide a succinct introduction to travel issues and personal adjustments to a new culture. The rather in-depth discussion of culture shock makes me believe that much more is known about that phenomenon that when I went to Ethiopia in the Peace Corps in 1962.Much of what he says about managing people in a diff
We are dedicated to publishing high quality, low-cost, practical and useful studies of world cultures that promote the building of more effective, and therefore more rewarding relationships among people from diverse international cultural backgrounds. "Cultural Dimensions - Malaysia" is written for the experienced traveler or expatriate who is heading for Malaysia and wants to understand how their own cultural background will interact with Malaysian cultural values, norms, & beliefs. Only when the fish is taken from the water, or the person from their home culture, does it become clear that everything that was familiar and predictable and safe is gone, and all learning must begin anew."Cultural Dimensions Press is a small publishing house located in the Texas Hill Country. No apologies here - just fair disclosure.Our Cultural Dimensions series are not simply a “nice to know” intellectual exercise; rather, they are designed to be a set of tools that can be used by students