Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Just finished: The Art of Crossing Cultures by Craig Storti (2nd ed, 2001).

An easy read, and some really good insights and things to think about when going to live and work abroad. The book is targeted at expatriates in multinational companies going to an overseas posting (usually in a developing country). He addresses such things as country shock, or the stress of moving to a new place, new climate, food, language, all those little things, not yet even getting into culture, and provides some very good common sense principles for dealing with the inevitable "cultural incidents" that will happen.

He has great quotes and examples, and recommends literature for those who like that kind of thing. Some of the titles sound great!

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