Go beyond Swiss chocolate, beyond the initial fun and adventure of a new country and a new career to immerse yourself in the cultural attitudes of Switzerland's fascinating, multifaceted society. 
This engaging study exposes different attitudes and potential misunderstandings about friendship, neighborliness, being professional, giving and getting compliments and criticism, parenting, schooling, being polite, entertaining, negotiating, decision making, business etiquette, team work, leadership, making plans, and much much more. 
These thought-provoking insights are based on expensive interviews with Swiss and international people who know well the ups and downs of life in Switzerland. These observations enable newcomers to better understand the perspectives of their Swiss neighbors, friends and international business colleagues.

Beyond Chocolate: Understanding Swiss Culture

Oertig-Davidson, Margaret

Bergli Books Ltd

This guide provides crucial insights into business culture to help newcomers navigate their way quickly through Swiss life and society. From a short, historical overview, information about the government and foreign policy, to Swiss attitudes and values and negotiating styles, this guide is a valuable starting point to discovering the many opportunities to enjoy doing business in this country. This book makes you aware of basic manners, common courtesies as well as sensitive issues.

Culture Smart Switzerland

Maycock, Kendall

Geniessen Sie die Besonderheiten des Schweizerdeutschen. Hoi Zäme macht mit seinen über 200 witzigen und farbenfrohen Cartoons das Erlernen der Sprache zu einem vergnüglichen Erlebnis. Die vielen nützlichen Redewendungen lassen Sie das Sozialleben rasch geniessen und alltägliche Situationen meistern.

Hoi Zame

Sergio J. Lievano

This is the light-hearted diary of an Englishman, married to a Swiss, who decides to live and work in Zurich. It compares the values of the Swiss and the British with wit and insight, relating the pleasures and pitfalls of cross-cultural adaptation. He discovers the many different ways the world is viewed in Switzerland, attitudes about having a good time, getting a job and the qualifications for it, queuing and attention to detail. He observes how Swiss vote, pay bills and taxes, what they celebrate and how they get along with each other. He is astonished and amused at what the Swiss worry about (almost everything) that most British people do not even think about. He is also shocked at what the Swiss do not worry about (real candles on Christmas trees, three-pin plugs and lifts with no inner doors). He laughs his way through most bureaucratic formalities and relishes discussions in English with automatic cash dispensers. He claims his appreciation of cultural diversity comes from being a perpetual tourist - being ever surprised and fascinated by things new and different from one's own land.

The Perpetual Tourist, In Search of a Swiss Role

Travel

Bilton, Paul N

Europe

Susan Tuttle-Laube's first collection of essays in book form, illustrated by ANNA, takes you to the heart of feeling at home in strange new places. Though funny and entertaining, her snapshots in prose have a deeper, universal message. ANNA's caricatures are keenly attuned to the emotion behind the scene. An insider feeling like an outsider? Or an outsider's look at the insiders?

Inside Outlandish

Tuttle, Susan

ANNA