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Common Denominator: The Idea of a Mindset. Essentially the interpretive understanding of what we perceive to have happened and therefore, anticipate what now may happen. An individual’s mind-set creates the possibility for and shapes the potential of an international business career
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Common Denominator: The Idea of a Mindset Essentially the interpretive understanding of what we perceive to have happened and therefore, anticipate what now may happen. An individual’s mind-set creates the possibility for and shapes the potential of an international business career Success in international business careers increasingly depends on one’s attitude as much as, if perhaps not more than, one’s technical aptitude
The Idea of the Ethnocentric Mind-Set • the belief that the values, practices, and behaviors of the home country are intrinsically and unquestionably superior to those of other countries
The Idea of the Polycentric Mind-Set accepts and advocates the importance of adapting to differences, real or imaginary, between the home and host country
The Idea of the Geocentric Mind-set • The geocentric mind-set is not tied to a particular home or host nation reference point but rather a global consciousness