Kenya - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Culture Smart!
- By: Jane Barsby
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hours 47 minutes
Description
Culture Smart! Kenya provides essential information, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell 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 gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! Kenya offers illuminating 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.
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Culture Smart! Series
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