tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post7131686186574582655..comments2023-10-29T15:23:09.194+01:00Comments on You Learn Something New Every Day: Blogging Across Cultures - How Well Does This Practice Translate?Gillian Martin Mehershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551238107247852991noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-61613743418379917612008-05-03T13:53:00.000+02:002008-05-03T13:53:00.000+02:00I forget to introduce myself. I'm Andress Hamenda ...I forget to introduce myself. I'm Andress Hamenda (from Indonesia), I'm taking a master program at ANU, Australia. I am also interested in your comment about Ministry of Defence in Indonesia which is Power Distance. I wrote about comparing Indonesia and Australia based on Hofstede's culture dimension and It's true! Indonesia is a high power distance culture.andresshamendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973426209497012709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-69576528653124228822008-05-03T13:44:00.000+02:002008-05-03T13:44:00.000+02:00Hello Gillian, I find your blog interesting. My bl...Hello Gillian, I find your blog interesting. My blog aims to provide information about culture shock to international students who study in Australia.I think one of the pages in your blog is related to my blog, so I make a link to your blog.=)andresshamendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973426209497012709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-29064375966215863552007-05-06T17:24:00.000+02:002007-05-06T17:24:00.000+02:00I wonder whether we have to make a distinction her...I wonder whether we have to make a distinction here between the various contexts of blogging. Blogging for personal purposes – as a parent, sports fan, stamp collector, etc.- seems to me the same for people in Vietnam as in the Netherlands. <BR/><BR/>As far as blogging in an institutional context is concerned, I would definitely think the more an organization is used to open vertical and horizontal communication channels, the easier it is to introduce blogging. The question then is will a Dutch employee start blogging in an organizational context as easy as a Vietnamese employee or vice versa?<BR/><BR/>First of all we are talking here about the introduction of an innovation. So the first group of bloggers are anyway the pioneers. Here personal psychology may be more decisive than cultural background. Are pioneer bloggers more extravert? More creative? More curious? What makes them blog? Where can we find them?<BR/><BR/>Maybe when we talk about the early majority in an organization that wants to go blogging, cultural background may play a role. I remember that during my first term in the IUCN Council, 80% of the talking was done by members from North America and Western Europe. <BR/><BR/>During my next term, Yolanda Kakabadse changed that culture. But still Councillors from Asia would never jump to the mike. Until we realised that in many Asian cultures senior people do not speak in public meetings in the same way as others. They will take the floor when invited and have learned only to give their opinion, if they really have something to say. But whether such cultural aspects also would affect blogging, I doubt. Could it be that the introduction of blogging as a professional dialogue tool is more a marketing than a cultural issue?Frits Hesselinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364344359931762377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-44941390205424903132007-05-04T20:01:00.000+02:002007-05-04T20:01:00.000+02:00Hi Harold and Lizzie, Harold thanks so much for t...Hi Harold and Lizzie, Harold thanks so much for the URL of the Indonesian blog - I guess the Ministry of Defense in Indonesia must be on the high power distance end of that scale. I looked at the blog, and see that it is written by the Minister himself. It is interesting from the "Naked Conversations" point of view, and at the same time I can't help thinking of that Dilbert cartoon last week when the CEO, referring to his blog which one of his technical staff is writing for him, is excited to know what he will be thinking later. I do like the comments that the people wrote, they are definitely the voices of the public. Great link, thanks, any more like that?Gillian Martin Mehershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551238107247852991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-25486450698664446012007-05-04T17:28:00.000+02:002007-05-04T17:28:00.000+02:00Here's a blog from what might be considered a high...Here's a blog from what might be considered a high-power culture; <A HREF="http://www.juwonosudarsono.com/" REL="nofollow">Indonesia's Minister of Defense</A>Harold Jarchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462304722726586155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-48549532410729167842007-05-04T17:20:00.000+02:002007-05-04T17:20:00.000+02:00Hi Gillian, following from our conversation I want...Hi Gillian, following from our conversation I wanted to give credit to the blog post of Jay Cross / Dan Farber which got us thinking further on this subject: http://informl.com/?p=758 ThanksElisabeth (Lizzie) Crudgingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10345876018896582059noreply@blogger.com