Culture Smart! Malaysia: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture - Couverture souple

King, Victor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1857334574 ISBN 13 : 9781857334579

Editeur : Kuperard, 2008

Synopsis

"Culture Smart! Malaysia" explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country. Giving the historical, political and cultural background, the guide reveals how to read body language and be aware of potential pitfalls in communication, and at the same time provide the cultural essentials business travellers need to successfully develop working relations in Malaysia. "Culture Smart! Malaysia" enables the reader to get the most out of trip, whether on business, or pleasure.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

VICTOR KING is Professor of South-East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds and Executive Director of the White Rose East Asia Center, a joint research training venture in Chinese and Japanese Studies between the East Asian Studies departments at Leeds and Sheffield. He spent most of his career in the University of Hull, where he was Director of the Center for South-East Asian Studies, Dean of Social and Political Sciences, Director of the Graduate School, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor. He has undertaken anthropological and sociological research on Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, and supervised research projects on these and other countries. A frequent visitor to Malaysia and the wider region, he has written extensively on its societies and cultures. He has recently coauthored an anthropological study of Southeast Asia, written an introduction to the sociology of change in the region, and coedited a book on tourism in Southeast Asia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kuperard
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1857334574
• ISBN 13: 9781857334579
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne