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Improving Cultural Education of Special Operations Forces
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An Initial Framework for Enhancing Cultural Competency
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Regional Expertise and Cultural Proficiency

Michelle Wisecarver, Gonzalo Ferro, Hannah Foldes, Cory Adis, Tim Hope, Marc Hill
This report describes the development of an operational tool for planners that enables them to…

Metacognitive Strategies for Making Sense of Cross-Cultural Encounters

Winston R. Sieck, Ph.D., Jennifer Smith, M.S., Louise J. Rasmussen, Ph.D.
As cross-cultural interactions become more commonplace and of shorter durations, understanding the…

Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, July-September 2014

DLNSEO Culture Team
This Culture, Regional Expertise and Language (CREL) focused issue of the Military Intelligence…

Knowing and Understanding Latin America is both a Challenge and an Opportunity

Nelson Roman
Knowing the region of Latin America is a task that requires research in the geographical physical…

What’s Wrong With Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Subjective Likert Scales?: The Reference-Group Effect

Steven J. Heine, Darrin R. Lehman
Social comparison theory maintains that people think about themselves compared with similar others…

Using Individualism and Collectivism to Compare Cultures— A Critique of the Validity and Measurement of the Constructs: Comment on Oyserman et al.

Alan Page Fiske
The author examines the following limitations of research on individualism and collectivism: It…