Cross Cultural Training Literature Review

Literature Review Summary on Cross-cultural Training

Cross-cultural training: The importance of investing in people
Sabina Cerimagic
Jim Smith
9 Dec Some researchers such as Shaffer and Harrison (1998) suggest that if the expatriate does not adjust to their life and to their global assignment adequately they will be unable to function well and they almost certainly will return home or back to the parent company. The Cross cultural training as well as grammatical training is vital.
Stroh et al (1994) as well as Kramer et al (2001) support this argument by explaining that expatriates are more likely to complete their overseas assignment if they are ready, which in reoccurrence will lead to the expatriate being better adjusted to a foreign environment and more likely to successfully complete their outer commitment. Mendenhall et al 1985 classified and introduced three (3) skills which are necessary for an expatriate to be successful in a cross cultural setting:
1. The self dimension
2. The relationship dimension
3. The discernment dimension

Self dimension: It represents to expat abilities which enable him/her to be self effective in
• Stress
• Management
• Mental strength
• Emotional well-being.
Relationship dimension
The relationship dimension entails a large number of

In firm trivial difference to attitudes, behavior’s, operational, communiqué issues and cultural importance can be seen. The contrasts in cultures, there will be some kind of misinterpretation among people working in the same organization due to their different moral values and sentiments etc. For an effective organization individual must be capable to work with those from different cultural backgrounds no matter what their culture . An illustration on this is the advanced management of many western companies operating in different parts of the world such as the Middle East and they come up with good managerial