Volume 4 Issue 15 (March 2021) PP. 13-20
DOI 10.35631/IJMTSS.415002
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
MODERN TRENDS IN
SOCIAL SCIENCES
(IJMTSS)
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A REVIEW OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
ORIENTATION AMONG MALAY WORKERS TOWARDS
SILENCE BEHAVIOUR TENDENCY
Robe’ah Yusuf
1*
, Azhar Hj Wahid
2
, Sasigaran Moneyam
3
, Siti Asma’ Mohd Rosdi
4
1
Centre for Languages and General Studies, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia
Email: robe_ah@pbmpu.upsi.edu.my
2
Faculty of Languages and Communication, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia
Email: azhar@fbk.upsi.edu.my
3
Centre for Languages and General Studies, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia
Email: sasigaran@pbmpu.upsi.edu.my
4
Faculty of Management and Economics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia
Email: sitiasma@fpe.upsi.edu.my
*
Corresponding Author
Article Info: Abstract:
Article history:
Received date:01.06.2020
Revised date: 30.06.2020
Accepted date: 16.11.2020
Published date: 03.03.2021
To cite this document:
Yusuf, R., Hj Wahid, A., Moneyam,
S., & Rosdi, S. A. M. (2021). A
Review of Culture and
Communication Orientation Among
Malay Workers Towards Silence
Behaviour Tendency. International
Journal of Modern Trends in Social
Sciences, 4 (15), 13-20.
DOI:10.35631/IJMTSS.415002
This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0
This article discusses the review of the concept of culture, value, and belief
in the Malay community. The focus is on the Malay workers working in a
German organisation in Malaysia. Previous studies show that there are
communication and cultural gaps when workers from various races and
countries working in a multinational organisation. Asian communities
mainly Malay, practices collective values such as cooperation among
members, care about others' dignities and, silence due to some factors which
indirectly affect communication orientation while working with other races.
These practices are different from the European community who observes
individualistic values. Typically, the Malays work together in voicing
opinions or maintaining long-term relationships. In this article, the authors
discuss the groupthink theory, which may influence the workers' behaviours
in organisations and decision making.
Keywords:
Culture, Groupthink, Europe, Asian, Collective