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Many employees who are sent overseas not only learn to work and live within a new culture but also actually take on some of the culture's values, etc. as their own. For example, some employees sent to Asia take on the local religion and values in place of those of their original culture. Although cultural adoption is not necessarily good or bad, care must be taken by the employee to determine the impact of such changes upon returning to the home country. Employees who adopt important cultural attributes of their host country may not desire to come home when the time comes. The new location has in fact become their home. See also cultural adaptation ... log in or subscribe to read full text