| Admonition
In some cultures, maintaining group harmony is very important. People from such
culture do not like to be embarrassed or humiliated by others in public. Notice the
illustration below:
In Thailand a Germanic manager did not like his secretary who was always
late to work for at least 30 minutes and sometimes an hour. He knew that the
traffic in Bangkok was bad, but this was too much for him. O ne morning the
manager got very angry when she arrived late at the office while the others
staff were busy. He scolded her in front of others and told her that if she was
late again she could lose her job. Then the secretary made a resignation
(Mulyana, 2004: 137).
In the illustration above, it seems that the Germanic manager has made a fault. In
Germanic culture admonishing or criticizing a person in public is acceptable but in
Thailand admonishing or criticizing a person in public is considered very rude because
it causes a person to lose face.
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