ontext of companies. Corporate rituals may take the form of a welcoming breakfast once each month to recognize new employees, or an employee recognition dinner held periodically to give credit to employees who have performed above the call of their specific responsibilities. Corporate culture requires these rituals as a way of propagating the ideas and ideals which the company considers important, and they serve as a way to inculcate new members into the culture itself (Mor Barak, Cherin & Berkman, 1998, p. 84). Thus, dinners marking and celebrating the length of service of employees, can mark rites of passage which encourage the long term commitment to the organization that is critical to the organization's success.
When companies relocate employees to other countries, or when foreign nationals are brought into a home office, they may be familiar with some corporate rituals, but not with those influenced by the country culture. For example, some corporate cultures may encourage women and men ga
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