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Cross cultures : how global families negotiate change across generations

Title
Cross cultures : how global families negotiate change across generations / Dennis T. Jaffe and James Grubman.
Author
Jaffe, Dennis T.
Publication
[United States] : FamilyWealth Consulting, 2016.

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Grubman, James.
Description
xi, 150 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
Outlines practical, commonsense strategies for how families in each culture and their advisors can resolve the differences that threaten the fabric of the family. The book distills the research identifying three fundamental cultural styles around the world.
Subject
  • Families in the twenty-first century
  • Cross-cultural studies
  • Globalization
  • Change
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. Introduction -- I. The Three Global Cultures -- 2. Surveying the Landscape: Understanding Culture -- 3. The Three Global Cultures -- 4. Individualist Culture -- 5. Collective Harmony Culture -- 6. Honor Culture -- 7. Comparison of the Three Cultural Styles -- II. The Journey Up, the Journey Across -- 8. The Journey Up -- 9. The Journey Up in the Three Cultures -- 10. The Journey Across -- III. Negotiating Change Across Generations -- 11. Negotiating the Family's Future -- 12. The Process of Negotiating Change -- 13. The Advisor as Cultural Mediator -- 14. Thriving in the Global Landscape -- Appendix: Basics of Family Governance.
ISBN
  • 9781517626600
  • 1517626609
OCLC
  • ocn979555996
  • 979555996
  • SCSB-13567127
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries