This book reports on the latest advances in understanding cross-cultural decision and human
cognition with respect to various cultural constructs such as geographical historical
sociological and organizational cultures. It addresses researchers scholars and industry
practitioners from diverse fields including sociology linguistics business military science
psychology human factors research neuroscience and education. The book covers a wealth of
topics including: analyses of historical events and intercultural competence commercial
applications of social-cultural science the study of decision-making similarities (and
differences) across cultures cultural behavioral modeling and simulation technology and
social networks and studies on group communication alike. It also reports on real-world case
studies relevant to cross-cultural decision-making. The book's main goal is to combine studies
from other relevant disciplines such as causal analysis in complex environments team decision
making and social changes to develop a more holistic understanding of the decisions that people
groups and societies make so as to improve our ability to forecast and plan for the future.
Based on the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making (CCDM) held
on July 17-21 2017 in Los Angeles California USA this book offers a multidisciplinary view
on the impact of culture on people's cognition and behavior and a timely reference guide to
new applications and future challenges.
