Cultural Differences in Business

Hello, everybody. How do you spend your weekend?
I found interesting cultural differences in business among Japan, China, and New Zealand.

JAPAN

Japanese business culture is “highly tacit and group-centered.” (Li, 2007)
The important thing is “duty, loyalty, bravery, and proper etiquette” (Chu, 1992)

CHINA

Unlike Japanese culture, “Chinese culture is more explicit and individualistic” (Li, 2007).
Managers’ focal point is “ganxing (feelings) and huhui (reciprocity)” (Zhu, 2009).

New Zealand

In contrast to Chinese culture, managers in New Zealand focus on "customer relations" and "business mates" (Zhu, 2009).

I agree to the arguments regarding Japanese business culture. Especially, when I worked in Tokyo, I experienced that team work was considered very important. We, Japanese, often use a phrase “mura-shakai” to describe such a society (“村社会” in Chinese, and “a group society” in English).

 

References

 

Chu, C. (1992). Japanese mind set: The roots of today's Japanese business culture. Business  

     Credit, 94(7), 23. Retrieved from
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Li, X., & Putterill, M. (2007). Strategy implications of business culture differences between
     Japan and China. Business Strategy Series, 8(2), 148-154. doi:
     http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17515630710685212
 
Zhu, Y. (2009). Managing business relationships in New Zealand and china: A semantic
     perspective. Management International Review, 49(2), 225-248. Retrieved from
     http://search.proquest.com/docview/202731515?accountid=41154