The problem and the solution. There is growing awareness that cultural mismatches may inhibit training effectiveness and that these undesirable effects may become even more pronounced when the training is done on the job and when the trainer and the trainee come from different cultural backgrounds. This chapter addresses these issues as they relate to planned training on the job.
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