As relocating employees and their families prepare for international assignments, they begin to wonder what to expect from the experience. Will it go well? Which bumps in the road can be predicted and which can be avoided all together? When the assignment occurs and they being to immerse themselves into the new culture; it is inevitable that they can expect changes. Aside from those involving daily habits such as foods to eat and times to eat them, they will witness different ways of thinking, communicating and behaving in everyday life. Comparing these ways with their own, they may find it necessary to keep some of their own habits while adjusting and adopting new ones from the host culture.

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