At the recent United Nations Summit on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), countries reiterated their commitment to achieve the eight ambitious development goals by 2015. The MDGs are eight ...

The current paper proposes a conceptual model, which attempts to explain the impact of the cultural dimension of assertiveness on the perception and evaluation of a standardised advertisement. The ...

A recent survey of global executives suggests a need to evolve most organizations’ culture by dialing up 1) speed, 2) more open communication, and 3) broadening the definition of doing good for others ...

In 1970s, when Dutch social psychologist Geert Hofstede analyzed the surveys collected from over 100,000 IBM employees from 50 different countries, he found that people had distinct patterns of value ...

Psychologists and anthropologists share a lot of common ground when it comes to the study of dreams. Dreaming clearly emerges out of the brain, mind, and personal life experiences of each individual.

As the American workplace has become increasingly multicultural and business more international, cross-cultural communications have become a big topic. Companies today must pay more attention to the ...

“Imagine that your beautifully crafted strategy failed when the divisions within your organization clashed. Logically, it seems that strategy should drive behavior—but, in reality, it’s your culture ...