Dealing with the Dutch
Subtitle: the cultural context of business and work in the Netherlands
By: Jacob Vossestein.
Edition: 14th rev. ed.
Publisher: KIT Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: National characteristics, Dutch.; Etiquette -- Netherlands.; Culture shock.; Netherlands -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Netherlands : a trifle less dynamic than before -- -- 2.; title: On images and stereotypes -- -- 3.; title: Hierarchy and the Dutch problem with it -- -- 4.; title: Hierarchical issues in everyday working life -- -- 5.; title: Directness and criticism -- -- 6.; title: Pragmatic, rational and money-minded -- -- 7.; title: Procedures and planning -- -- 8.; title: Pleasure society : tolerant or indifferent? -- -- 9.; title: Nationalism and the international outlook -- -- 10.; title: On gender, generations and personal relations -- -- 11.; title: On ethnic issues and multicultural society -- -- 12.; title: Regions and Randstad -- -- 13.; title: Do's and don'ts.