As markets globalize, the ability to bridge cultural gaps has evolved from a “nice to have” soft skill into a core strategic ...

A Miami University graduate student has found distinct cross-cultural differences in the use of the increasingly popular emoji images used in text messaging and other digital communication. LaCount ...

A new UCLA study challenges long-standing research claims that people of East Asian and European origins perform differently on a well-known visual perception test. The rod-and-frame task asks viewers ...

In today's world, telecommunications and global connectivity have witnessed an unprecedented increase, making intercultural communication an unavoidable reality. A concerning aspect of such ...

Cultural differences are everywhere. Understanding these differences is now a basic life skill for all of us, not just for missionaries or world travelers. This book offers a brief, critical overview ...

I grew up in the US but have lived in Europe for the past seven years. It's always seemed that, in general, people in the US connect based on similarities. But in my conversations in Europe, I've ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Bala Sathyanarayanan In ...

In May of this year (2024), a colleague and I traveled with a group of 15 American college students to Tokyo, Japan. The trip was part of an honors course on play across cultures. Before leaving, the ...

Some of the differences are truly remarkable (White, 2020). Africans who grow up in rural villages are much less susceptible to the Müller-Lyer illusion than Europeans who grow up in cities. The ...

The second you step off the plane, one thing becomes abundantly clear: the UK and the US may share a language but culturally, they actually couldn’t be more different. From how loud people talk in ...

After leaving life in the United Kingdom behind, Meghan Markle got candid about the cultural differences she had to overcome to assimilate into royalty after marrying Prince Harry. She added that ...

A Miami University graduate student has found distinct cross-cultural differences in the use of the increasingly popular emoji images used in text messaging and other digital communication. LaCount ...