Working Across Cultures: A Bibliography
More than 800 Books, Indexed by Country
A thorough update is now in progress. Last
revision: 20 October 2011
Prepared by J. N.
Hooker
Tepper School of
Business
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.
Contents
The list emphasizes cultural knowledge that is
useful for professionals who work across
cultures. Although a few web sites are listed, printed material is
the primary focus.
Organization
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Country
index. A book or web site may be relevant to several
countries.
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Single page
containing all the citations,
for easy search.
Book Selection
Criteria
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Immediate usefulness to people working in the host culture or in
multicultural settings.
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Significant cultural content.
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Publication date after 1990 or so (with a few
exceptions for notable books). More recent books are listed first.
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Generally omitted:
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Travel guides.
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Photo albums.
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Specialized anthropological studies.
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Purely historical treatments.
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Business publications that offer little or
no cultural insight.
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Books dealing primarily with politics, war
and international relations.
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Esoteric or inaccessible academic
treatments, including those in the cultural studies area.