Fons Trompenaars is the Managing Director of the Centre for International Business and his book, Riding the Waves of Culture , is concerned with attempting to further the understanding of cultural diversity in business, particularly international business. His analysis is based on extensive...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Universalism-Particularism: The Dilemma -- 2 Reconciling Universalism and Particularism: Stories and Cases -- 3 Individualism-Communitarianism: The Dilemma -- 4 Reconciling Individualism and Communitarianism: Stories and Cases -- 5...

Current recruitment and selection practices are essentially a cloning process which seeks to match applicants with the current corporate culture of the hiring organisation. This ignores applicants with different points of view, differing value systems and career aspirations. Authors Fons...