Cultivating Interpersonal Integrity And relational Mindfulness
Pgs. 350-353
This section’s attention to being mindful of the intricacies of ones own culture and those of other cultures is very useful. I found myself assessing the issues which I have observed in past which have arisen in part due to the cultural differences that existed between two people. The text outlines the difference between the individualistic and collectivist cultures. I have observed the problems which arise when the two cultures meet and as the book states culture a and culture b do not merge into culture c in a transactional culture. In my experience the person with a background from a collectivist culture had an extreme adherence to “vertical status hierarchies.” The previous did not sit well with another person from an individualist culture. Consequently, the problem arose to such an extent that the person from the collectivist background ultimately left rather than attempt to meet the person in a transactional culture.
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