Professional Documents
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Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
CAPITAL CITY
KINGSTON, JAMAICA
PRIMARY RELIGION
CHRISTIANITY
NATIONAL CUISINE
ACKEE AND SALT FISH
A JAMAICAN FRUIT AND FISH SAUTED AND SERVED FOR
BREAKFAST
JAMAICAN PATTIES
PASTRY FILLED WITH VARIOUS FILLINGS
STEREOTYPES
JAMAICANS HAVE A LOT OF JOBS
SUPERSTITIONS
THE FINGERNAILS OF AN INFANT SHOULD NOT BE CUT, OR THE CHILD MAY GROW UP TO BE A THIEF
IF A LIZARDS JUMPS ON A WOMAN, SHE IS PREGNANT OR SOON TO BE
REARRANGE FURNITURE IN A PERSONS ROOM WHEN THEY DIES SO THEIR SPIRIT WONT RECOGNIZE THE
ROOM AND WANT TO STAY
HAND GESTURES
FIST BUMPING TO GREET SOMEONE IS COMMON
CLAPPING HANDS TO GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION
BUSINESS CULTURE
JAMAICA
ETIQUETTE
BODY LANGUAGE
UNITED STATES
ETIQUETTE
BODY LANGUAGE
BUSINESS CULTURE
JAMAICA
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
OPEN
CARE ABOUT EVERYONE
HELPFUL
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES
OPEN
EXPRESS EMOTIONS
PASSIVE
CLOSED OFF
COLD
AGGRESSIVE
IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS. THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND IS THE HEAD OF THE STATE.
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE QUEEN ARE APPOINTED BASED OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRIME
MINISTER.
INTERNET USE
INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
JAMAICA-43.4%
UNITED STATES-88.5%
JAMAICA-FACEBOOK
UNTIED STATES- FACEBOOK
COLLECTIVISM
JAMAICAN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYONE AND
THEREFORE ARE A COLLECTIVIST SOCIETY. FAMILY,
EXTENDED FAMILY, AND OTHER CLOSE
RELATIONSHIPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
POWER DISTANCE
JAMAICA
UNITED STATES
UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE
JAMAICA
UNITED STATES
WILLINGNESS TO TRY NEW THINGS
RELAXED ATTITUDE
NO MORE RULES THAN
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
NECESSARY
SCHEDULES FLEXIBLE
UNITED STATES
-MASCULINE
-MASCULINE
DRIVEN BY COMPETITION
LIVE IN ORDER TO WORK
CURRENT EVENTS
USAIN BOLT TO GET A STATUE IN HIS HONOR
HTTPS://WWW.RT.COM/SPORT/362824-USAIN-BOLT-STATUE-JAMAICA/
CITATIONS
COUNTRY, B. (N.D.). GET THE GLOBAL EDGE. RETRIEVED OCTOBER 16, 2016, FROM
HTTP://WWW.GLOBALROADWARRIOR.COM/
D. (2015). ITS NOT WHAT YOU SAY: A LESSON IN JAMAICAN NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. RETRIEVED OCTOBER 16, 2016, FROM
HTTPS://TWOYEARSPONDEROCK.WORDPRESS.COM/2015/05/13/ITS-NOT-WHAT-YOU-SAY-A-LESSON-IN-JAMAICAN-NON-VERBAL-COMMU
NICATION/
GEERT HOFSTEDE - GEERT HOFSTEDE. (N.D.). RETRIEVED OCTOBER 16, 2016, FROM
HTTPS://GEERT-HOFSTEDE.COM/
JAMAICAN TRADITIONS - CUSTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH BIRTH AND DEATH. (N.D.). RETRIEVED OCTOBER
15, 2016, FROM HTTP://WWW.REAL-JAMAICA-VACATIONS.COM/JAMAICAN-TRADITIONS.HTML