Answer to Question #229815 in Management for Graylin Lapi

Question

Discuss at least 4 disadvantages for employing people of cross cultural values in organizations (cite). Give examples in your country or overseas. Examples UN, Asian fishing companies who are employing Pacific Islanders, COKE etc. You can identify some of the values and specifically explain how employees of different cultural values (Chinese and Australians, or Russians and Pacific Islanders etc) can negatively affect the organization. Give Example? [Makesure to cite all your sources and fully reference them on the reference list in alphabetical order

Answer 1

Disadvantages of employing people of cross-cultural values

Employing persons of different values brings advantages and challenges such as communication problems, different work cultures, decision-making conflicts, and negative cultural stereotypes and prejudices.

Communication problems.

Asian fishing companies that employ Pacific Islanders experience communication problems due to the difference in accent. Differentiating Direct and indirect communication is also a problem. The most common language in Asia is Mandarin Chinese, which is different from the pacific language. The difference in language hinders effective communication.

Different work cultures

The Asian fishing company that employs pacific islanders witness the difference in work cultures among the multi-cultural employees. The Asian Chinese employees are more focused and hardworking as compared to the pacific islanders. This leaves the majority of Asian employees focusing on heavy tasks while pacific does not handle much

The difference between Asian and pacific islanders is the work schedule. The pacific islanders are more willing to work t night than early in the morning, while the Asians are more willing to attend work early (Chang, 2016)

Decision-making problems

Asian chief executive officers are known to take more time to analyze an idea before making decisions; this has been witnessed in Asian fishing industries that hire pacific islanders who make decisions more quickly (Chang, 2016)

Negative cultural stereotypes and prejudices

Interaction occurring between individuals of different countries often arouses unconscious cultural biases and stereotypes (TBI authors, ND). Asian companies that hire pacific islanders experience employees prejudices. Asians such as the Chinese may look down upon pacific islanders (Chang, 2016)

 

 

 

 

Chang, O (2018) The biggest cultural difference between companies in Australia and Singapore

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/this-intuit-exec-shares-the-5-biggest-cultural-differences-when-doing-business-in-australia-and-asia-2016-4

Team Building initiative(ND) Advantages and challenges of working in a multi-cultural team

https://www.teambuildingincentive.com/working-multicultural-team/