There is a famous proverb: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". But it is significant that in the situation of the repatriation this proverb must not be the rule. The best way in new conditions is not to copy the behavior and mimic of the local population, but to behave natural and just be yourself. But it does not mean that the person have to ignore the local customs and traditions. The local habits must be honored and the rules must be kept. Also the elements of the culture such as needs, preferences, values, norms are required to be observed and understood. Those managers, who understand the importance of traditions from one culture to another, easier accept the difficulties of such changes.
The way to accommodate oneself to the new local features can be integrated to the cultural shock with two methods: the expatriation and the company's system of preparation. The experience approach is appropriate characteristic to determine the personal possesses, the capability of studying, comprehension and coping. According to Gesteland, there are four main cultural factors: business focus against relationship focus; formal against informal; strict time against fluid time; expressive against reserved. Relationship directed are Africa, Latin America and Asia. People from these countries prefer not to deal business with businessmen from abroad. In opposite Europe and The North America are deal-focused countries and businessmen are open to deal with strangers.
In the year 1971 there was held a poll among the American expatriates about the main factors, which influence on the success or failure abroad. The results of poll showed that the main elements of success are the organization skills, the technical abilities, the belief in the result and the abilities to accept the local traditions. The factors, which help to avoid failure are the friendly relationships in the family and the language skills.
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