Country Culture--Library Research Guide
The purpose of this guide is to familiarize you with country cultural resources and international business etiquette sources
Subject Terms:
The library and the Circuit has many books, internet
links and videos for business etiquette, on selected countries.
Business etiquette -- [Country name]
Business travel
Corporate culture
-- [Country name]
Intercultural Communication -- [Country name]
Negotiation in Business -- [Country name]
Books
Craighead's international business, travel, and
relocation guide to 90 countries.
REF HF5549.5.E45 C73 2004 2 vol.
Business and relocation and information on top 90 trading
countries.
CultureGrams latest edition in Reference, earlier in
Stacks
GT150 .C85
Short descriptions for each country on cultural norms.
Do's and taboos around the world / edited by Roger E.
Axtell.
HF5387 .D66 1993
Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: How to do business in sixty
countries / Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway & George A. Borden
HF5389 .M67 1994
Databases-Scholarly Articles
Is
it scholarly? Rutgers Library has a nice summary of
characteristics for scholarly, professional and popular
articles.
ABI Inform Global
Word Doc
Contains global business, news, scholarly research on worldwide topics.
How to Search:
Start with keywords: [Country] AND Corporate Culture
To cite your articles simply email the article and choose the Citation Style: APA
Emerald
Contains international management research scholarly articles
Sample
seaches:
- Technology AND negotiation
- Global negotiation and literature review
- Global negotiation and [country]
Emerald Expanded:
Listen to podcasts on Marketing
ScienceDirect
Contains scholarly research in Business, Management, and Accounting and all
her fieldsds
Background information your country
All the background facts on countries worldwide. For each country see Social Overview on left column. People, HD Index, Status of Women, Culture and Arts, Cultural Etiquette, Travel Guide, and Health. Advisories..
Other Products--Youth Edition to find great info. on culture, and etiquette.
Stat-USA
Business Travel
Country Commercial Guides by Country (Dept. of
Commerce)
Navigate to Globus & NTDB --> Market and Country Reports --> Country
Commercial Guides (CCGs) --> and then to Business Travel.
The guides provide information on doing business in over 200 countries. Political and Economic Environment, Selling, Leading Sectors for US Export and Investment, Trade regulations, Investment Climate, Financing, Business Travel and Culture,Contacts and Market Research and Trade events. Updated regularly by in country experts.
Free Websites
Executivetravetmagazine.com Wiki
A search in their wiki for
Business Etiquette returns 27 (August '08) entries for
Business etiquette in Britain, Canada, Korea, China etc.
GlobalEDGE
Resource Desk for Culture
Filter by country to see recommended sites about country cultures.
Worldwide Etiquette Wikipedia
Contains Etiquette norms, manners, cultural differences,Sections
link to Etiquette and language, Etiquette and society, and Etiquette
by World Wide Regions. Nice recommended reading and links to
additional resources.
Style Guides
Sites with examples of in-text citations and works cited pages.
APA Quick Reference
Guide 
In-text citing and works cites examples.
Using APA Style 5th edition
The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue
University provides a myriad of example
of works cited and in-text citations.
Bookmark this page!
apastyle.org
Produced by the APA, this site contains
a wealth of information about APA citation
style. It is not a replacement for owning
the Publication Manual, though.
It is highly recommended that you have your own copy of the APA Manual, as the library's copies are often checked out.
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Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001. |
