Index

A topical index to help you find where each subject is covered. Numbers are chapter references (with appendix letters where relevant). For a built (mdBook) version, use the search bar; this index serves the plain-text and print editions.

A - Academic culture — Ch. 21–24 - Accommodations (religious) — Ch. 31; App. I - Acculturation (Berry) — Ch. 1, 32, 39; App. A - Adaptation vs. assimilation — Ch. 1, 39 - Advisors (academic) — Ch. 24 - Alcohol; not drinking — Ch. 9, 20, 23 - American culture — Ch. 35 - At-will employment — Ch. 19, 30 - Australia — Ch. 37; App. B

B - Banter / teasing — Ch. 29, 37 - Bilingualism, cultural — Ch. 1, 39, 40 - Bonjour (France) — Ch. 7, 38; App. G - Brag document — Ch. 16; App. H

C - Canada — Ch. 37; App. B - Class system (UK) — Ch. 36 - Code-switching — Ch. 1, 39 - Collectivism vs. individualism — Ch. 2 - Consent — Ch. 26 - Consumption / materialism — Ch. 33 - Contracts — Ch. 30 - Conversions (measurement) — App. C - Credit (financial) — Ch. 10, 11 - Culture shock / U-curve — Ch. 1; App. A

D - Dating & romance — Ch. 26 - Dietary needs — Ch. 9 - Directness / low-context — Ch. 3, 15 - Driving — Ch. 13

E - Elder care — Ch. 27 - Email etiquette — Ch. 15, 24 - Equality / power distance — Ch. 4 - Europe (Western) — Ch. 38; App. B

F - Family — Ch. 27 - Feedback (giving/receiving) — Ch. 3, 15 - Food culture — Ch. 9 - France — Ch. 38; App. B - Friendship — Ch. 25

G - Germany — Ch. 38; App. B - Gestures / body language — Ch. 8; App. A - Glossary — see Glossary appendix - Greetings — Ch. 7

H - Healthcare — Ch. 12 - Holidays — Ch. 28; App. E - Housing / renting — Ch. 11 - Humor / sarcasm — Ch. 29

I - Identity (third culture) — Ch. 32, 39, 40 - Idioms — App. F - Immigration status — Ch. 30; App. I - Individualism — Ch. 2 - Integration — Ch. 32, 39; App. A - Interviews (job) — Ch. 16, 19

J - Journal (Cultural Navigation) — Ch. 1–40; App. H

L - Language (learning local) — Ch. 38 - Legal basics / rights — Ch. 30; App. I - Loneliness — Ch. 11, 25, 28, 34, 39

M - Meetings — Ch. 15 - Mental health — Ch. 12, 23 - Microaggressions — Ch. 32 - Money / tipping — Ch. 10; App. D - Multiculturalism (mosaic) — Ch. 37

N - Names & titles — Ch. 6 - Negotiation (salary, prices) — Ch. 10, 16, 19 - Netherlands — Ch. 38; App. B - Networking — Ch. 16 - New Zealand — Ch. 37; App. B - Nordics — Ch. 38; App. B

O - Office social life — Ch. 20 - Operating-system metaphor — Ch. 1

P - Personal space / proxemics — Ch. 8; App. A - Plagiarism / academic integrity — Ch. 22 - Police interactions — Ch. 30 - Power distance — Ch. 4 - Professors (communicating with) — Ch. 24 - Punctuality / time — Ch. 5

Q - Queue (line) culture — Ch. 8

R - Race & identity — Ch. 32 - Recommendation letters — Ch. 24 - Religion & secularism — Ch. 31 - Resources / help — App. I - Roommates — Ch. 11

S - Scripts / phrasebook — App. G - Self-assessments — App. J - Self-promotion — Ch. 16 - Small talk — Ch. 7 - Student life — Ch. 23

T - Teamwork / credit — Ch. 17 - Third-culture identity — Ch. 32, 39, 40 - Time / punctuality — Ch. 5 - Tipping — Ch. 10; App. D - Transportation — Ch. 13

U - United Kingdom — Ch. 36; App. B - United States — Ch. 35; App. B - U-curve — Ch. 1; App. A - Understatement (British) — Ch. 36

V - Vacation / leave — Ch. 18 - Visa / status — Ch. 30

W - Western classroom — Ch. 21 - Western workplace — Ch. 14 - Work culture — Ch. 14–20 - Work-life balance — Ch. 18

Tip: in the mdBook web version, the search bar is faster than this index. In print or plain text, use this list — and remember every topic ties back to the operating-system lens of Chapter 1.