American employees of Ujima Corp. learned that they should avoid using their left hand when giving a gift or handing out money when they were in India for their business assignment. In the context of cross-cultural training, when would the employees of the company have discovered this cultural difference?

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Josie Patton

9 January, 13:49

American employees of Ujima Corp. learned that they should avoid using their left hand when giving a gift or handing out money when they were in India for their business assignment. In the context of cross-cultural training, when would the employees of the company have discovered this cultural difference?

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Karma Melton · Answer 1

The employess of the company would have discovered this cultural difference during a documentary training session.

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In Cross-cultural training, there is commonly a documentary session after the field experience. In this documentary session, instruction material related to the cultural background is given to learners and foster their field experience. Cultural differences are understood in a documentary session when the learners compare their previous knowledge and experience about the new culture as also comparing with their culture.