The second edition of this popular textbook explores the latest approaches to cross-cultural management, as well as presenting strategies and tactics for managing international assignments and global teams. With a clear emphasis on learning and development, the text encourages students to acquire skills in multicultural competence that will be highly valued by their future employers. This has never been as important as now, in a world where, increasingly, all managers are global managers and where management practices and processes can differ significantly across national and regional boundaries. This new edition has been updated after extensive market feedback to include new features: a new chapter on working and living abroad; applications boxes showing how theories and key concepts can be applied to solve real-life management problems; student questions to encourage critical thinking; and updated examples and references. Supplementary teaching and learning materials are available on a companion website at www.cambridge.org/steers. In addition, recommended in-depth cases for each chapter are available at www.iveycases.com/CaseMateBrowse.aspx. New edition of an already successful textbook that has been updated after extensive market feedback to include new features (applications, student questions, chapter summaries), a new chapter (11: Living and working globally) and revised examples Designed to engage with the student by being easy to read and supported by lots of contemporary examples and explanatory figures to illustrate key points \`Applications\` boxes encourage students to develop critical thinking skills and show how real-life management problems can be solved using the theories and concepts discussed in every chapter Integrates research from across the social sciences with contemporary management practices for a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of cross-cultural management