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International Business Press®, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Parhizgar, Kamal Dean.

Multicultural behavior and global business environments / Kamal Dean Parhizgar.

     p.  cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7890-1261-8 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7890-1262-6 (alk. paper)

1. Corporate culture. 2. Multiculturalism. 3. International business enterprises—Management. 4. Intercultural communication.  I. Title.

HD58.7 P376 2001

658′.049—dc21

00-050548

Publisher’s Note

The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original may be apparent.