Cross-cultural issues
Country-Specific Advice
The International Relations Office has had documents specially prepared for PR China, the Gulf States, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. These documents contain useful and practical information about the cultural differences between Australia and these countries.
These documents have been prepared for internal use and are directed at staff hosting visitors to the university or travelling overseas. They are available as Portable Document Format files*. In other cases, a link has been provided to information on other websites.
- Hong Kong: Dining in Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia:
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Middle East:
- People's Republic of China
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- USA: American Table Manners
- Vietnam
* If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, you can download it from the Adobe site
Etiquette Links
The following sites provide information on cultural, economic and business etiquette for a wide variety of countries.
- Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Country, Economy and Regional Information
- Austrade: Information on Overseas Markets
- Culture and Business Etiquette
General Links
The following links provide useful information on cross-cultural issues such as table
manners and tipping.