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The Onion Model of Culture
There are many ways to visualise the concept of culture, but one of the most popular models is based on an onion. The Onion Model of Culture shows how culture has a number of layers. There are a...
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Chilean Miners – How their Cultural Values Helped them to Overcome their Ordeal
Last Wednesday, the world witnessed the spectacular rescue of the 33 Chilean miners who had been trapped in a collapsed mine under the Atacama Desert. Although they were trapped for 69 days, most of...
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Cross Cultural Attitudes to Risk and Uncertainty
Risk and uncertainty are integral elements of doing business, but they are even more present when dealing with international teams and global counterparts. Attitudes to risk and uncertainty can differ...
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‘Crazy Americans or Lazy Europeans?’ – Interpreting Different Perspectives...
“Are Europeans lazy? Or Americans crazy?” This is the rather provocative title of a conference about the perception of work on both continents organised in 2006 by Stephen Nickell, a British economist...
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A Question of Happiness – The Case of Germany
According to the World Database of Happiness the average level of happiness of most European countries increased throughout the last decades. People in Germany, however, are less satisfied with their...
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