NORTH AMERICA

UNITED STATES
CAPITAL: Washington D.C
AREA: 9,826,630 sq km
POPULATION: 307,212,123
GDP: $ 14.11 trillions
GDP per capita: $46,820

Corporate culture:

•Work is success and with a high tempo
•The success of the individual is what counts
•They are not afraid of challanges or competition
•Take advantage of possibilities
•Hard work but with a sence of humor

CANADA

CAPITAL: Ottawa
AREA: 9,984,670 sq km
POPULATION: 33,487,208
GDP: $ 1.307 trillions
GDP per capita: $ 39,300

Corporate culture:

•Punctuality is demanded for business meetings and social occasions
•Business communication is quite direct in Canada, but more reserved than in the United States.
•Dress more conservatively (and more formally when going out) than their American neighbors, although practices vary by region.
•For business meetings, men should wear suits and ties; women should wear conservative suits or dresses.


MEXICO

CAPITAL: México D.F
AREA: 1,972,550 sq km
POPULATION: 111,211,789
GDP: US$ 1.559 trillions
GDP per capita: US$ 14,200

Corporate culture:

•Punctuality is expected of foreign businesspeople. Your Mexican counterpart may be late or keep you waiting.
•Spanish is the language of business. You may need to hire an interpreter (preferably a native speaker who understands the language as it is spoken in Mexico).
•Negotiations move slowly. Be patient. For Mexicans, the building of a personal relationship comes before the building of a professional one.
•If offered something to drink (usually coffee), don't refuse. This would be seen as an insult.

The question:

How deep is the asian influence in Canada?

Researchers have shown that bicultural individuals, including 2ndgeneration

immigrants, face a potential conflict between 2 cultural identities. The present

authors extended this primarily qualitative research on the bicultural experience by

adopting the social identity perspective (H. Tajfel & J. C. Turner, 1986). They developed

and tested an empirically testable model of the role of cultural construals, in-group prototypicality,

and identity in bicultural conflict in 2 studies with 2nd-generation Asian

Canadians. In both studies, the authors expected and found that participants’ construals

of their 2 cultures as different predicted lower levels of simultaneous identification with

both cultures. Furthermore, the authors found this relation was mediated by participants’

feelings of prototypicality as members of both groups.

Reference:

Stroink, M., & Lalonde, R. (2009, February). Bicultural Identity Conflict in Second-Generation Asian Canadians. Journal of Social Psychology, 149(1), 44-65. Retrieved May 19, 2009, from Business Source Premier database.