yujinn wrote:Al Jon wrote:Thats certainly a typical cultural trait in Asia, from Japan, Taiwan, China Malaysia etc.
Not had enough experience with Indians / Arabs to know if that is common or not. But I agree with your observation. I think accepting responsibility and honesty are more highly regarded in our society, whereas, social harmony is the no.1 factor in Asia.
Does this mean the employers know this? That asians by culture are liars and do not take responsibility and that westerners have the guts to take on anything?
It certainly sounds bad doesn't it....yes its a sweeping generalisation that of course says nothing about any particular individual other than predisposition to certain cultural traits. Well if I was an employer, I'd have to weigh up many of the factors / traits that an employee has. From my experience and those of friends, in Eastern Europe, Asia, India and Africa you are far more likely to be cheated, lied to and robbed.
Is it culture? Economy? Morality? I don't know, I just know it exists. That automatically creates a negative bias for me in doing business over there.
For example, in Taiwan if you are in the manufacturing industry supplying someone, you should just expect that you will never get paid for the last order, it should have already been taken into account in your calculations.
We may call it corrupt and cheating etc, they call it common sense.
If I could employ a European person to do the same job, for the same price. I would.
If you think thats racist, it makes you stupid, because I'd be far more likely to employ an Australian born Chinese, than a European from Albania for example.
Culture and race are two separate ideas, but they often intertwine.
If you want to know where your country is more likely to be, see this:
http://www.transparency.org/policy_rese ... ndices/cpiyujinn wrote:I guess "culture" and stereotyping races' traits is the basis then?
How would an employer know the applicants real traits by just looking at his resume? How would an employer know if the things written in there, for both asians and westerners, are for real?
Too bad they wouldn't know the REAL attitide of people at work until they start working for them.
Yep. we all stereotype. Its a natural human response. However an employer wouldn't know the real traits of a person by looking at the resume. He/she could however ring the previous employers to find out what their performance was like.
That would be the most reliable way would it not?