Our interaction with individuals from different backgrounds is always a great challenge if a person does not have the required multicultural competence. It is a common thing for an individual to hold certain biases, attitudes, beliefs and perspectives in our interaction with culturally deferent individuals (Long, 2006). Participation in groups and places of work entirely depends on our multicultural competence. Conflicting values and misunderstandings that result from cultural differences are a great hindrance to positive human relationships (Long, 2006). Cross-cultural differences can cause confusion at the workplace and in the process affect the performance of employees. The attitudes and perspectives of an individual are in most cases defined by their cultural backgrounds. Positive multicultural interactions are very critical in the formation of partnerships (Bochner, 1982). It is important to have some level of understanding of the cultures for you to have a rational view on certain issues. Many people stereotype ideas from culturally different individuals as a result of generalization (Bochner, 1982). There is a tendency to dismiss ideas from a culturally different individual and pay attention to ideas contributed by a person from your culture. Many people assume that their way of communication is the right one compared to how people from different cultures communicate (Bochner, 1982). Many people portray a lot of bias when it comes to cross-cultural communication. We always blame individuals from different cultures incase of a communication breakdown. It is very difficult for us to listen attentively to culturally different individuals because of the pre-conceived attitude that they can not tell us anything useful (Brislin, 1981). We always want individuals from a different cultural background to agree with our views without any kind of opposition. We are always reluctant to come out of our comfort zones and accept divergent opinions. Individuals have their choices that need to be respected but many people are very unwilling to respect the choices of culturally different individuals (Brislin, 1981). Most of the cultural biases are normally caused by language differences. We tend to have a negative attitude towards people who do not speak the same language with us (Brislin, 1981). There is always a tendency to believe that our own culture is superior to other cultures. We always believe that other cultures are abnormal and our very own culture is the only normal one. It is common for us to believe that the way our cultural group behaves is the only standard of human behavior (Halverson, 2008). We tend to value people form our own cultural group compared to those form other cultural groups. It is evident from this discussion that people always hold certain biases, attitudes, beliefs and perceptions in their interaction with culturally different individuals (Halverson, 2008). Attitudes and perceptions influence a person’s interaction with culturally different individuals (Halverson, 2008). Communication is very critical in any kind of interactions and any wrong attitudes and perceptions always lead to a communication breakdown. People from different culture