Personal Narrative: My Cultural Perspective

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I believe that I will be comfortable working with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. I will have a certain level of flexibility in functioning with different group of people. This is because my most of the profile dimensions are in the middle of the extreme ends. This means that I can easily adjust in any kind of environment.

On comparing my Cultural Profile with my home country's plot, I found that there is a very close relation between them. I have more indirect style, which matches with my country's profile. I somewhat more independent than an average Indian. I hold a different perspective than an average Indian on the notion that people should be approached on the basis of their ranks or statues. I believe in egalitarian system.

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