Mexico makes sense. Its own sense! Cultural Detective Mexico enables the professional to see cross-cultural interactions in a more insightful way. It will enable the professional to understand how culture critically impacts communication.

Cultural Detective Mexico contains the following stories and critical incidents:

• Apple Pie:

  A newly arrived US American woman, Louise Simmons, attempts to get to know her Mexican neighbors.

• Outsider in Her Own Country:

  Mexican and Japanese colleagues experience challenges working together.

• Rejuvenation:

  US American Jerry Mashall is sent to head up a newly acquired soft drink company in Mexico.

• Sharing:

  The new plant manager, a German name Günter May, is tasked with reorganizing and streamlining the Mexican organization.

• Visit from the In-Laws, A:

  A French woman and her Mexican husband, Luis, host her parents in Mexico.

• Mi Tío:

  A US American expatriate product development manager wrestles with the family connections in a Mexican company.

• New IT Management System:

  An English expatriate, George Blake, has trouble motivating his Mexican managers.

• Harassment?:

  A Mexican male working in the United States is charged with sexual harassment.

• Looking Good:

  Carolina, a third-generation Mexican-American woman working in Mexico, experiences what she feels are inappropriate compliments from her Mexican supervisor, Eduardo.

• Lunch, Anyone?:

  The Puerto Rican president of the Latin American division of a US company holds a business lunch in Irapuato, Mexico.

Cultural Detective Mexico was authored by Rossana Miranda-Johnston, Marc I. Ehrlich and Dianne Hofner Saphiere.