- Feedback is an area of obvious cross-cultural differences.
- It is important in the US workplace to know how one is doing and how one is
perceived, and feedback is generally conveyed spontaneously and generously. It
can at times be negative and direct when things go wrong, but it usually tends to
be extremely positive and the number of superlatives used is impressive: great,
terrific, fabulous, wonderful, excellent, not to mention a more common "good job."
The aim of this technique is also to maintain or reinforce employees' self-esteem
and allow them to grow in the workplace.
- Self-esteem is a well established concept in an American person's development
and the strengthening of his or her personality. This is achieved through positive
feedback, and self-esteem building is nurtured early on at home, in school, and in
sports clubs. It isn't very surprising then to see the influence it has on human
resources management.
- If we compare this process with local child-rearing practices, we rapidly realize
that presently the concept of self-esteem doesn't have much meaning in the
Hungarian culture. "You can be proud of yourself!" (spoken without irony in the
US) is often a sarcastic way to condemn a child's behavior in Hungary.
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How Feedback in the Hungarian Workplace is
Related to Self-esteem
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Hungarian
Culture, Language & Relocation Resources
Culture, Language & Relocation Resources
In the typical, traditional family the personality of Hungarian
children develops through facing adversity.
They are loved dearly and often indulged greatly, but it is of
primary importance to teach them early on the rules that will
make them successful in a “merciless” adult world. Parents
often feel that there is no need to send their kids an "overly"
positive message that would only flatter them and would give
them a false representation of "reality". The difficulty of the
information-oriented Hungarian school curriculum and the
attitude of Hungarian teachers in the higher grades often
reinforce this tendency, leading to human resources
practices that are rather tough from an American point of view.
children develops through facing adversity.
They are loved dearly and often indulged greatly, but it is of
primary importance to teach them early on the rules that will
make them successful in a “merciless” adult world. Parents
often feel that there is no need to send their kids an "overly"
positive message that would only flatter them and would give
them a false representation of "reality". The difficulty of the
information-oriented Hungarian school curriculum and the
attitude of Hungarian teachers in the higher grades often
reinforce this tendency, leading to human resources
practices that are rather tough from an American point of view.
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"What you are, must always displease you, if you would attain to that, which you are not."
- St Augustine
"What you are, must always displease you, if you would attain to that, which you are not."
- St Augustine
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