When everyone shares work and living space in congenial harmony away from their respective home countries, there is successful multiculturalism. This is the demand of a rapidly globalizing world. As a Filipino working abroad, you need to understand the ‘how-to’ as it will help you to adjust to today’s work requirements and living circumstances abroad. As the expat skilled worker or professional located abroad, you must go that extra mile to get along with all your colleagues no matter where they come from. Leaving your own cultural comfort-zone and entering unfamiliar territory of other cultures without bias against any community or feel apprehensive and anxious about colleagues from other cultures is not always easy. By taking an interest and learning to appreciate how others live, think and react to various situations, however strange their ways may appear, makes you a better person. Any claim by you of cultural superiority is misplaced and fraught with the risk of your being isolated. Avoid negative comparisons between your own and other cultures and drive away notions that you are culturally superior. Accept different viewpoints to enrich your own attitudes and perceptions. Here are some proven ways to work in multicultural environment which would best drive your professional (and personal) objectives: Enrich yourself through multicultural exposure Remember that all cultures evolve from their own environment and logic over long periods. Therefore no culture...
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