An important objective of this chapter was to familiarize the readers with the notion
of culture and highlight some of its complexities. The initial sections of this chapter
discussed some key definitions of culture offered over the last five decades and at
the same time highlighted a number of challenges and issues in conceptualizing
culture. Additionally, the chapter offered a working definition of culture which is
sensitive to some of the challenges in understanding and defining cultural complexity
and at the same time provides a concrete way of thinking about its key components
of shared thinking, feeling, and behaving.