Malaysian Chinese Stories Of Hard Work:
Folklore And Chinese Work Values

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Malaysian Chinese Stories Of Hard Work: Folklore And Chinese Work Values

The Chinese, especially overseas Chinese and particularly the Malaysian Chinese, are well known for being hardworking and for their economic success. A certain degree of stereotyping is present here, of course, but Chinese success stories are certainly inspirational. This article demonstrates tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	See , Hoon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2015
Subjects:	P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/40870/ http://eprints.usm.my/40870/1/Art1-Edit-1-16.pdf

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