14 Ways Culture Affects You at Work (Cultural Diversity Guide, 2020) by Brenda. 

This YouTube video, titled "14 ways that culture can affect you at work" was posted by Brenda three years ago. (Cultural Guide 2020). She emphasized 14 things that could potentially affect us at work as follows.

Time—that is, the moment and manner in which we reply to emails. The meeting's duration.

Space: How far away should we stand from individuals in terms of space? Close by or far away? Do they enjoy being touched, or do they take care to avoid touching others or themselves?

Office design: While some people want a private area, others may value a close-knit area or circle for teamwork.

Trust: while it's a lifetime trait for certain cultures, many allow trust to be developed readily. We must comprehend the several approaches to establishing confidence.

Teamwork: The way people collaborate varies globally. Working as a team in an enterprise can be challenging or complex when individuals have diverse ideas about what collaboration entails.

Formality: Individuals in certain cultures have a tendency to dress in formal attire, utilize titles with great formality, and be quite formal in the job. Calling each other by their first names is common and people are very informal. It may appear a bit superficial.

Conflict: We definitely think it has a lot of potential benefits. Working through a disagreement can be highly beneficial, and addressing it head-on can yield many positive outcomes. However, in many cultures worldwide, conflict is viewed as something unpleasant, even frightening. No matter how we are all in this international, global atmosphere, it's really not a nice thing, and you don't deal with it openly now, as you can imagine in a multicultural, multinational company. It can be quite challenging to manage disagreements since you bring with you the conflict methods that you were taught in your home culture. Here's an instance when culture has a fairly big influence on work environment.

Work style: Whether we are multitasking or single-tasking at work, it seems like we are all doing it. Many cultures may believe that multitasking is the norm, but in the workplace, single-tasking and concentration are far more common. It can be quite difficult to be required to perform a lot of different things in your field of work when you believe that you should be concentrating on one primary subject, but keep in mind that certain cultures demand more of that than others.

Work priorities: There are cultures where people work long hours and live for their jobs, while there are others where people work less and prioritise their personal and family time.

Directness: While people are trained to be tactful and courteous in their interactions with others in some cultures, others value straightforward communication.

Feedback: Critical comments are accepted in certain cultures but not in others. Understanding how each culture responds to unfavourable criticism will help you express that feedback to other members of your team.

Manager's role: Expectations of how managers should lead vary among cultures; learning about these expectations through resources will help you adjust to changes you encounter at work.

Making decisions: while some cultures value hearing people's perspectives and ideas before making decisions, others do not. Those who feel left out by this may feel that way.

Reward systems: The reasons why people from different cultures work hard vary. A thorough understanding of this will help you manage people and adjust to different work contexts more effectively.

This article is informative regarding workplace cultures and how they may impact us, which is why I find it interesting. Gaining this information makes it easier to work with coworkers and make space for others.   

References 

YouTube. (2020, May 14). 14 ways culture affects you at work (cultural diversity guide - 2020). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pf2kg34FWA

 

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