by Clint | Nov 2, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Intercultural communication, Key Questions, Religion
Today I sent an email where I raised this discussion and these questions on the ITForum Listserve. I will try to summarize the best comments I receive from them as they come, but I am also interested in anyone else’s thoughts and feelings. ___ I realize that...
by Clint | Oct 31, 2007 | Attempt at Funny, Cross-cultural perspectives
**Warning** This blog post might not be suitable for young children 🙂 I can’t believe fall is almost over and I have not yet blogged about my “cultural experience” thus far in the land of the Finns (a.k.a Finland). I hope it is entertaining for you (both my Finnish...
by Clint | Oct 17, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Religion
In studying cross-cultural issues, as I do, it is virtually impossible to ignore the influence of faith on human identity and relationships. I’m not a spokesperson for my Church, and I’m not interested in imposing my personal beliefs on anyone else. At the same time I...
by Clint | Oct 5, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives
Yesterday was my friend Mikko’s turn to sweat, although he handled everything quite elegantly (I think that is the right word). Whereas in the U.S. we have 5 committee members that approve our initial dissertation proposal and then they are also the same ones in...
by Clint | Sep 13, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, International business, Key Questions
As a part of the IMPDET Cross-Cultural Research Group, we have started a “Reflection Wiki” that allows us to post situations in cross-cultural interactions that we wish we had more perspective on – to check if our initial interpretations of the...
by Clint | Sep 5, 2007 | Attempt at Funny, Cross-cultural perspectives, Random
I went to an official Finnish university ceremony today. I found out that, first of all, there is no college graduation ceremony in Finland – you just kind of get your degree and that’s it (although every four years after that there is a...
