'Chinese' values in Singapore and Malaysia: an outsider perspective

The emergence of China translates in the need to better understand the 'Chinese' population. Chinese ethnicity is strongly represented throughout the Southeast Asian region where, apart from the obvious majority in China, the Chinese ethnic group dominates Singapore and controls the busine...

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Main Author: Soontiens, Werner
Other Authors: Prof Glennda Scully
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Zhongnan University 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14491
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description The emergence of China translates in the need to better understand the 'Chinese' population. Chinese ethnicity is strongly represented throughout the Southeast Asian region where, apart from the obvious majority in China, the Chinese ethnic group dominates Singapore and controls the business sector in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Chinese population throughout the region is the 'same' in that all historically originate from mainland China, maintain a strong heritage awareness and promotion of values and tradition. Over time, society values are influenced by different levels of exposure to information and values, especially Western values. The paper reports on the clustering of values amongst Chinese ethnic business students in Singapore and Malaysia. Data collected on 25 values show that, probably not surprisingly, there is a significant overlap between values in Singapore and Malaysia.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-144912023-01-27T05:26:30Z 'Chinese' values in Singapore and Malaysia: an outsider perspective Soontiens, Werner Prof Glennda Scully Prof Zhang Long Ping The emergence of China translates in the need to better understand the 'Chinese' population. Chinese ethnicity is strongly represented throughout the Southeast Asian region where, apart from the obvious majority in China, the Chinese ethnic group dominates Singapore and controls the business sector in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Chinese population throughout the region is the 'same' in that all historically originate from mainland China, maintain a strong heritage awareness and promotion of values and tradition. Over time, society values are influenced by different levels of exposure to information and values, especially Western values. The paper reports on the clustering of values amongst Chinese ethnic business students in Singapore and Malaysia. Data collected on 25 values show that, probably not surprisingly, there is a significant overlap between values in Singapore and Malaysia. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14491 Zhongnan University restricted
spellingShingle Soontiens, Werner
'Chinese' values in Singapore and Malaysia: an outsider perspective
title 'Chinese' values in Singapore and Malaysia: an outsider perspective
title_full 'Chinese' values in Singapore and Malaysia: an outsider perspective
title_fullStr 'Chinese' values in Singapore and Malaysia: an outsider perspective
title_full_unstemmed 'Chinese' values in Singapore and Malaysia: an outsider perspective
title_short 'Chinese' values in Singapore and Malaysia: an outsider perspective
title_sort 'chinese' values in singapore and malaysia: an outsider perspective
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14491