Halfway Around the World: Learn the language, meet the people, eat the food.

The article discusses advice for an employee who is asked to relocate to another country for six months to help launch a software development group, and it mentions tips about learning the language of the country that you are going to be working in, as well as comments about meeting people and eatin...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 66; no. 12; pp. 27 - 29
Autor principal:	Neville-Neil, George V.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Dec2023
Materias:	Employee relocation Foreign language education Local foods Social contact Cross-cultural differences Collective action Computer software development
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost

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Sumario:	The article discusses advice for an employee who is asked to relocate to another country for six months to help launch a software development group, and it mentions tips about learning the language of the country that you are going to be working in, as well as comments about meeting people and eating the local foods. According to the article, language learning increases human brain function. Cultural differences and collaboration are assessed.