Your origin is your behavior
Female Hydrologist by profession who is working for a Dutch organization that focuses on groundwater in relation to surface water, environment and infrastructure as well as implementation of field measurements and model calculations, giving training and strategic advice, often visits Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda to meet with local stakeholders and to collaborate with local NGOs on different projects.
Interpretation of Syrians dealing with transgender issues in the Netherlands
Syrian immigrants and refugees that identify as transgender, intend to undergo a gender transition and have sex reassignment surgery (SRS) often choose the Netherlands as their destination.
Interpretation and intercultural competence in international business
A Dutch HR manager is working for an international company headquartered in the Netherlands, specializing in tubular running services. The company operates under the Anglo-Saxon model, with the Dutch branch mainly responsible for conducting business with European countries.
Flying an international route from The Netherlands to the United Arab Emirates
For this case model assignment, we interviewed a purser. A purser makes sure that everything is prepared before the flight takes off, is the host of the passengers and oversees the cabin crew on the flight, and afterwards she writes a reflection about the flight and its cabin crew. All in all, the job of a purser contains a lot of diversity within its tasks and duties. As a purser she has to deal with many different cultures. This entails that it is expected from her to adjust to the situation that presents itself and learns the basics of the culture that is dominant in the fligt and the culture of the destination of the flight (C. Versteeg, personal communication, May 9, 2021).
The questions that were asked in the interview were asked in order to establish an understanding of the work methods and adjustments that are being made by this particular Airline once they have a destination to a foreign culture, and / or when dealing with passengers from different cultures.