Resource Links

Resource Links

Orlando Kelm's homepage

Prof. Kelm's homepage gives you links to all of his language projects in Spanish and Portuguese, including: Spanish and Portuguese language materials; the language, culture, and personal blogs; and the business language materials, which include the cultural interviews series. This site also has links to his Evernote, Netvibes, and Picasa pages.

Orlando Kelm's culture blog

The Cultural Aspects of Business blog contains a number of links and references to existing models of business culture. These include, for example, links to David Victor's LESCANT model, Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions, and Hampden-Turner & Trompenaars' Cultural Dilemmas. This site also contains the student contributions from Prof. Kelm's courses in business culture, both in Spanish and well as in Portuguese.

LESCANT PDF Presentation

This site takes you to the PDF notes and summary about David Victor's LESCANT model, which serves as the foundation for this web site. It provides a brief overview of the key principles and ideas of the LESCANT model.

Cultural Interviews - Spanish

This site contains a compilation of over 200 video clips where over 50 native Spanish-speaking professionals discuss a number of issues related to international business and negotiation. All of the videos are provided with an optional Spanish transcription and English translation. The opinions expressed in these interviews provide a personalized view of their work with North Americans.

Cultural Interviews - Portuguese

This site contains a similar compilation of video clips from Brazilian professionals discuss a number of issues related to international business and negotiation. All of the videos are provided with an optional Portuguese transcription and English translation. The items are a bit more dated (2000), but their opinions do provide a personalized view of their work with North Americans.

Cultural Interviews - German

Similarly, this site contains a compilation of video clips from 16 native German-speaking professionals who also discuss issues related to international business and negotiation. All of the videos are provided with an optional German transcription and English translation.

Cultural Interviews - Turkish

This site contains a compilation of over 200 video clips where 33 native Turkish-speaking professionals discuss a number of issues related to international business and negotiation. All of the videos are provided with an optional Turkish transcription and English translation. The opinions expressed in these interviews provide a personalized view of their work with Europeans and North Americans.

Cultural Interviews - Chinese

The compilation of over 200 video clips come from 57 Chinese-speaking professionals, including people from both mainland China as well as Taiwan. All of the videos are provided with optional traditional characters, simplified characters, pinyin spellings, or an English translation. The opinions expressed in these interviews provide a personalized view of their work with North Americans.

Cultural Interviews - Japanese

Finally we also have a Japanese version of the Cultural Interviews Series. This site contains video clips from 45 different Japanese-speaking professionals and they also discuss the same issues. These interviews also come with optional Japanese transcriptions and English translations.

David Victor's Bio Page

This link takes you to the biography and professional summary page of Dr. David A. Victor at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.