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Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society

The dimension of cultural characteristics is essentially ignored by the growing literature on organizational diversity, focusing on demographic diversity and general perceived similarity instead. This study aims to identify the similarities in cultural characteristics among ethnic groups in Malaysia...

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Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Hassan, Mohamad, Bahtiar, Halim, Haslina, Subramaniam, Chandrakantan, Choo, Ling Suan
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018
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HM Sociology
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/25525/
http://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2018.1460274
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spelling my.uum.repo.255252019-01-29T06:27:30Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/25525/ Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society Abu Bakar, Hassan Mohamad, Bahtiar Halim, Haslina Subramaniam, Chandrakantan Choo, Ling Suan HM Sociology The dimension of cultural characteristics is essentially ignored by the growing literature on organizational diversity, focusing on demographic diversity and general perceived similarity instead. This study aims to identify the similarities in cultural characteristics among ethnic groups in Malaysia. Ergo, conducted within the context of interethnic relations in Malaysia based on a phenomenographic approach; thence, found four categories namely the community embeddedness, the survival culture, the conformity culture and the respect culture. These exemplify the interethnic relations based on cultural characteristics and norms similarities. The cultural characteristics similarities between major ethnics in Malaysia in this study are indications of dynamic and interactive exchange occurring between ethnics. The consequences of these findings are discussed and elaborated in this article. Taylor & Francis Group 2018 Article PeerReviewed Abu Bakar, Hassan and Mohamad, Bahtiar and Halim, Haslina and Subramaniam, Chandrakantan and Choo, Ling Suan (2018) Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 47 (3). pp. 243-267. ISSN 1747-5759 http://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2018.1460274 doi:10.1080/17475759.2018.1460274
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic HM Sociology
spellingShingle HM Sociology
Abu Bakar, Hassan
Mohamad, Bahtiar
Halim, Haslina
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Choo, Ling Suan
Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society
description The dimension of cultural characteristics is essentially ignored by the growing literature on organizational diversity, focusing on demographic diversity and general perceived similarity instead. This study aims to identify the similarities in cultural characteristics among ethnic groups in Malaysia. Ergo, conducted within the context of interethnic relations in Malaysia based on a phenomenographic approach; thence, found four categories namely the community embeddedness, the survival culture, the conformity culture and the respect culture. These exemplify the interethnic relations based on cultural characteristics and norms similarities. The cultural characteristics similarities between major ethnics in Malaysia in this study are indications of dynamic and interactive exchange occurring between ethnics. The consequences of these findings are discussed and elaborated in this article.
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author Abu Bakar, Hassan
Mohamad, Bahtiar
Halim, Haslina
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Choo, Ling Suan
author_facet Abu Bakar, Hassan
Mohamad, Bahtiar
Halim, Haslina
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Choo, Ling Suan
author_sort Abu Bakar, Hassan
title Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society
title_short Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society
title_full Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society
title_fullStr Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society
title_full_unstemmed Shared cultural characteristics similarities in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society
title_sort shared cultural characteristics similarities in malaysia’s multi-ethnic society
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2018
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/25525/
http://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2018.1460274
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