For some people, going away is not the problem — returning is. It can be very serious for companies if people who have been on foreign assignments don’t find a suitable niche at work when they return to
their home base.
It’s exciting to live in a foreign country and to experience a culture different to our own. But in truth, many people abroad suffer varying degrees of “culture shock”, and it can cause a range of psychological problems.
At a recent conference in Germany, when one speaker asked the audience who was a migrant, I suddenly wondered what that word really meant and whether I was a migrant too.
In this week's podcast we look at a situation where a misunderstanding
might be based on intercultural differences. Can you see where the
problem lies? Intercultural communication expert Robert Gibson has some
suggestions.
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