What Makes You “Multicultural” - Harvard Business Review

Knowledge of more than one culture can often help you create innovative solutions.

"... As a six-person international team representing 16 cultures, we decided to resolve this confusion by consolidating the best parts of all previous definitions. In doing so, we recognized that people can be multicultural to varying degrees. After reading 183 articles in fields ranging from sociology, anthropology, and psychology — as well as management and marketing — we define multiculturalism within individuals as the degree to which they know, identify with, and internalize more than one culture.

Answer the following questions on each dimension to assess your level of multiculturalism.

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Knowledge of more than one culture can often help you create innovative solutions.

"... As a six-person international team representing 16 cultures, we decided to resolve this confusion by consolidating the best parts of all previous definitions. In doing so, we recognized that people can be multicultural to varying degrees. After reading 183 articles in fields ranging from sociology, anthropology, and psychology — as well as management and marketing — we define multiculturalism within individuals as the degree to which they know, identify with, and internalize more than one culture.

Answer the following questions on each dimension to assess your level of multiculturalism.

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