Dresser N. Multicultural manners: essential rules of etiquette for the 21th century

• What are the principles of yin and yang?  Why we should avoid sweeping on New Year’s Day?
• Where umbrella as a gift is the same as separation?
• Why should we avoid giving knives, clocks as gifts?
• How many teacups to present to Japanese?
• Are white flowers acceptable as a gift?
• Where are you treated as enemy if you give yellow flowers?
• In which countries making eating noises is not bad manner, vice versa, it’s compliment and appreciation of the food?
• Where to present money in red envelopes is treated positively?
• What numbers are associated with bad luck and in what countries?

Answers to these and other questions you will find in “Multicultural manners” which will definitely teach you to effectively interact with different persons, to acquire cultural information so as not to misinterpret and act in bad faith”. “Multicultural Manners” in an entertaining way suggests a wide range of cross-cultural situations and provides guidelines for the correct behavior. You will find detailed tips on avoiding embarrassment in a variety of social settings within seventy different countries. You will also learn how to run successful business in a multicultural diversity.

Dresser N. Multicultural manners: essential rules of etiquette for the 21th century / Norine Dresser. - Revised edition. - New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. - XVIII, 285 p.