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Graham, Teacher, Thailand
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Adapting to a cultural situation is all well and good until an individual is faced with the need of going against their core principles and values and then the trouble starts... Do they do the right thing culturally and betray their own core values, or do they say no and stand up for what they think is the right thing? (...) Read more? Sign up for free
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Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand
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CQ Has to Work from Both Ends
The entity as well as the employee have to have CQ. After all, the entity hires expats to assist them meeting its objectives outside its own culture.
If the entity insists on the employee to totally adapt to its own culture, as may be observed in Asia quite often, the employee is a mere adornment to the entity without objectives (provided there were any) being achieved.
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Tsangue Tchiaze, Student (University), Cameroon
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Analyse Company Culture First...
It is good to study and be well informed of the culture you are venturing into, so as to determine if it is inline with your values and belief system or not, otherwise you might end up creating a problems both ways that might not be solved easily.
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Graham, Teacher, Thailand
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Going Against Core Principles
It is good to study and be well informed of the cu (...)
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James R Taylor
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Going Against Core Principles
Good point concerning core principles or values. T (...)
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Graham, Teacher, Thailand
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Going Against Core Principles
I agree. It is not a matter of who is right or wro (...)
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Daniel Newton Obaka
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Adapt to Evolving Changes
Graham, you are right to note the challenges facin (...)
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Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan
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Challenging Core Values
Mr. Graham I fully appreciate your problem - a sit (...)
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Graham, Teacher, Thailand
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Challenging Core Values
Arif Ur, you have hit the nail on the head! (...)
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Karen Petersen
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Consider this an Opportunity to Challenge our Core Values!
However, I think that living and working in anothe (...)
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Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand
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Challenging Core Values
Agreed, however, as said before, there is only a r (...)
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Tamara Mislan, Student (University), United States
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Stand Up for what You Value and Believe In
Mr. Graham I taught in a large non profit organiza (...)
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Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand
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Stand Up for ..
@: To quit is not an option, really, since at the (...)
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Tamara Mislan, Student (University), United States
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I Quit the Organization Because they do not Practice Healthy Values
@: There is no hope for the organizations bias opi (...)
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Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand
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Stand Up for what You Believe In
If you work in institutions, where 'natives' work, (...)
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