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The purpose of this report is to identify the degree and nature of ethnocentrism that exists within expatriate communities. I will seek to outline some strategies in which will aim to help to aid the expats with their acculturation and intercultural communication in their professional environment, as a business person, but also as a general person (expat) who is engaging in any form of communication, be it social or commonplace. For my research I analysed several different academic papers as outlined in my reference list, to be able to come to my final conclusions and recommendations to expatriates and host national countries. From the readings prescribed for the unit, I was able to build upon research and apply it to personal experience as an expat living within a different HNC (host national countries).

Through the evolving process of globalisation, the global community grows increasingly interconnected and culturally diverse. Scholars such as Toh and DeNisi (2007) argued that HCNs have the ability to effect the success of expat integration and acceptance, by facilitating the expatriate with cultural and social support. If the HNC does not aid the expat in the transition, research has shown that this can hinder the expats success and adjustment to the different culture (Varma et al.,2012) as well as affecting their general professional performance (Caliguri et al.,2016).

Having grownup all my life as an expatriate child, and as a person who has been

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