Written for students studying intercultural communication for the first time, this textbook gives a

Individual -- 8. Verbal Messages: Language -- 9. Nonverbal Communication: The Messages of Action, Space, Time

time -- Culture is critical -- Earning stakeholder alignment -- Authenticity from the inside out

. femininity -- Long-term vs. short-term time orientation -- Indulgence vs. restraint -- Monumentalism vs. self

. Cultural conditioning -- 3. Categorizing cultures -- 4. The use of time -- 5. Bridging the communication

1 : time and space -- 3. Cultural dynamics 2 : interactions, mindsets and behaviours -- 4. Cross

years. At the same time, it describes a revolutionary theory of cultural relativism and its applications

and culture: words and meaning -- Nonverbal communication: the messages of action, space, time, and

" that govern the behavior of cultures in a time of skyrocketing global contact. But culture shock