Working Across Cultures: A Bibliography

More than 700 Books, Indexed by Country

A thorough update is now in progress.  Last revision: 31 May 2009

Prepared by J. N. Hooker
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA.

Contents

The list emphasizes cultural knowledge that is useful for professionals who work across cultures.  Although a few web sites are listed, printed material is the primary focus. 

Organization

• Country index.  A book or web site may be relevant to several countries.
• Single page containing all the citations, for easy search.

Book Selection Criteria

• Immediate usefulness to people working in the host culture or in multicultural settings. 
• Significant cultural content.
• Publication date after 1990 or so (with a few exceptions for notable books).  More recent books are listed first.
• Generally omitted:
  • Travel guides.
  • Photo albums.
  • Specialized anthropological studies.
  • Purely historical treatments.
  • Business publications that offer little or no cultural insight. 
  • Books dealing primarily with politics, war and international relations. 
  • Esoteric or inaccessible academic treatments, including those in the cultural studies area.