Filipino Americans and the Glass Ceiling: A Quantitative Analysis of Cultural Adherence, Assertiveness, and Management

Abstract

With a sample of 473 Filipino Americans in 35 states in the United States, this quantitative study was designed to investigate factors which surround Filipino Americans’ glass ceiling challenges in attaining higher-level positions in the workplace. The investigation explored the related variables, including years of management experience, adherence to two dimensions of Filipino cultural values (interpersonal norms and conservatism), and assertiveness. Years of living in the United States, geographic location, and generational levels were also examined. The study revealed a statistically significant negative relationship between assertiveness and the interpersonal norms dimension of the Filipino culture. Findings revealed specific Filipino cultural traits which conflict with assertiveness. Results from the current study can be used for the development of assertiveness training for Filipino Americans who desire to advance in the workplace.

When East Meets West: Polish Business Communication from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

“…Because Polish professionals have arrived on the global business landscape significantly later than their Western counterparts, we find it especially important to examine how they are perceived by their foreign-born colleagues. Our study is thus an examination of ways of observing (Bennett, 2013;Chudnovskaya & Millette, 2023;Hamilton & Kuchinka, 2022). We analyse the characteristics of linguistic behaviour that foreign professionals working in Poland attribute to their Polish colleagues based on their frame of reference.…”