Jeitosa looks at today’s modern workforce across seven workforce dimensions – aspects that have an impact on the workplace and can aid or derail the success of any project or new initiative. Proactive management through communications, training, and team-building across all dimensions is critical for success in today’s world. Download our datasheet to learn more about our Global Diversity service.

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In this Jeitocast Karen Beaman interviews Sandee Pierce on the cultural differences around the world that impact effective working relationships on a global project. Sandee shares her experiences and learnings developed over many years of managing large global teams and provides some helpful tips and recommendations to ensure effective global collaboration.

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This article discusses the second dimension of the multi-dimensional talentforce: multi-cultural differences that have become ubiquitous in the global work force. There are significant cultural aspects that influence how people interpret and respond to events, act and react in the workplace, and in general determine and govern how we conduct business. These cultural influences include such things as differing styles of communication, multiple ways of making decisions, and various approaches to demonstrating engagement, commitment, respecting diversity, ethics, and so on.

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There is no question that the demographics of our work force are changing. Since its peak after World War II, world population growth has been steadily declining, such that we now see near zero growth in the global labor force (Henson 2002). While over the last 40 years, countries such as China, India, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa were doubling their working age populations, predictions over the coming 40 years are that we will see negative growth in the labor pool in most countries outside of India. What labor growth we will see in North America will be primarily through immigration. The global work force is not only getting smaller, it’s also getting older.

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In this Jeitocast, Karen Beaman interviews Michael Novak, CEO of Tertia Corporation, U.S. representative for China’s International Software Services Fair — the Comdex of China — and past president of Clark Consulting Group, the largest intercultural communications company in the U.S. with a focus on U.S.-Asia business communications. The jeito Karen and Michael discuss is: What do companies need to know about doing business in China?

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People living and working abroad are brought into intimate contact with differences in culture, language and social practice. Individuals interact with and react to these differences in a variety of ways. Often the initial response of individuals to contact with different cultures is one of alienation: in the words of A. E. Housman, “I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.” Many individuals find the experience educational and rewarding, which shows that attitudes change as connections with the new culture are achieved.

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People living and working abroad are brought into intimate contact with differences in culture, language and social practice. Individuals interact with and react to these differences in a variety of ways.

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This lecture presents a model for understanding cultural differences and building awareness of the effects that culture has on language. It discuss the aspects of the international business environment and the role that culture and language play, and illustrates the application of various analytical perspectives and models from linguistics and the social sciences on international business communications with the goal of demonstrating the interdependence of the social science disciplines — sociology, psychology, anthropology, and linguistics — and to show their effects on various business situations.

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The sweeping trends in human affairs collectively known as globalization entail accelerating rates of international and intercultural contact. As international travel, global economic expansion, and multicultural communicative integration via technological advances like the Internet all increase.

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