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professional managerial level. It is interesting that the most frequently
named occupation was that of docter. There was no difference here
between young and old, employees of small and large firms or between those
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of different skills.
V1. Respondents' Attitude Towards Collectivism and View on The Relationship
between Management and Men.
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The workers in the sample showed themselves to be collectively minded
to a high degree. Ninety two of them felt that a group of men working
together would suceed better than a man relying on his own hard work
and diligence; 95 felt that a man should help a fellow worker in trouble
instead of minding his own business; and 73 would tackle their supervisor
about a complaint together with their fellow workers rather than tackling
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Kim on their ownatieratsonthecresnondants showed that they were prepared
to take action about grievances (76) and not simply leave and find a
job elsewhere. This is contrary to the views put forward by England
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and Pear who claimed that Hong Kong workers typically chose the
individual action of leaving rather than undere any collective one.
and Rear Again contrary to the views put forward by England
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amongst others,
the overwhelming majority of the respondents (91) would turn to fellow
12 workers for help when in trouble rather than their family.
There was sone indication, however, that the Chinese phenomenon of
13 *face" did affect the workers' behaviour.
Over half the respondents
(54) felt that they would rather not confront their boss themselves and
preferred a supervisor or a respected worker to as for some improvement on
their behalf.
Again it is remarkable that 21 of the respondents would
choose not to ask for help from others in the rather extreme situation
14 described by question 36 where their children were hangry etc.
While no sub group was particularly reluctant to ask for hels, there
were some differences between the groups in desire to gold confrontas,
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