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Four cultural clashes that are holding East Asian employees back

  • Written by Betina Szkudlarek, Senior Lecturer in Cross-Cultural Management, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney
imageCultural differences between Eastern and Western employees in the workplace are a factor in the loss of company performance. www.shutterstock.com

Cultural misunderstandings are holding back East Asian employees from reaching their full potential in the workplace. This is a problem for employers because employees from East Asian countries such as...

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