The Wedding Banquet and Cultural Reflections
by This essay identifies and discusses the key cultural issues involved in the movie The Wedding Banquet, and examines their impact on the international management process. The key cultural issues in the movie can be better understood when interpreted from the perspectives of Confucian principles, the concept of face and third culture construction.
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