ABSTRACT
Cross-cultural studies are definitely ‘in’, but the terms ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ appear much more frequently than ‘national culture’. In 2008, most researchers busy with multicultural issues already sensed that inequalities were too large and too damaging to be ignored, but their polite, academic tone was somewhat overshadowed by the worldwide financial collapse resulting from the financial speculations of large US banking corporations. In 2008, most researchers busy with multicultural issues already sensed that inequalities were too large and too damaging to be ignored, but their polite, academic tone was somewhat overshadowed by the worldwide financial collapse resulting from the financial speculations of large US banking corporations. Hyperconnectivity changed communications prompting self-reflection; most of us test cultural identities in encounters with increasingly diverse (and different from us) individuals and groups.
