Indonesia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

168 pages. Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behav ior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware o f basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides t ell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaff es and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, fri endships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminat ing insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include * customs, values, and traditions * histo rical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * do's, don'ts, and taboos * business pract ices * communication, spoken and unspoken.