Cultural Difference between Romania and Brunei

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Cultural Difference between Romania and Brunei
1) Managing Team and motivate them-
Romania, which is now a member of EU, has long been a society where the
management authority is dependent on the hands of few people who could wield their
authorities in arbitrary ways (Lutz and Kranke 2014). However, with the change in
time, and with the coming of foreign managers, things started changing. It is to state
that the Romanian organisations’ management culture values the things such as
overcoming barriers of status in between levels and grades, empowering the staffs
with more authority, making experiments with the new styles of consulting in
facilitating the “knowledge workers’ team” and building communication systems that
are highly flexible. Furthermore, it is to mention that the main thing that motivates
Romanian is to be able of ensuring a better life that translates into some financial
rewards that the individuals feel are equitable and fair with the standards of EU
(Zaman and Meunier 2017). With the same, individuals in Romania also value the
work place that creates high opportunities of growth for them and provides better
international exposure. Finally, the Romanians are also motivated by the support that
they get for developing professionally at international standard. On the other hand, it
is to note that Brunei is an Islamic monarchy and it is this cultural factor that
influences the employment and business of Brunei to a notable level (Haji-Othman
and McLellan 2014). Hierarchy is revered in the Bruneian culture and the ones in the
managerial and senior positions are accorded utmost deference and respect at all
times. Also, the working culture of teams in Brunei organisations is polite and views
of every team members are listened to and are taken into consideration as it is the
responsibility of the senior teams to take the final decisions within the business
settings. Like, the Romanian employees, employees in Brunei workplaces are also

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motivated through fair benefits and pay and the most important motivational aspect of
work for these people are money.
2) Value systems (Tradition, beliefs and culture)
It is to mention that majority of the Romanians are the members of the
Romanian Orthodox church and they are regarded as the world’s 2nd largest
population of Orthodox Christians after Russia (Simut and Buitendag 2015). There
are several traditions in Romania right from welcoming spring season with symbolic
martisor to painting eggs for the festival of Easter. They are highly religious people
and 70percent of them are Romanian Orthodox, 5percent are Roman Catholic,
7percent are protestant and the rest 18percent professes no religious affiliation. They
believe in church and religious dogma. Furthermore, the culture of Romania is the
product of its historical and the geographical evolution. It is often speculated that the
Vlachs and the Romanians are the combination of the descendants of the indigenous
and the Roman colonists. Its Dracula legend and the Dacian history are unique to this
nation. On the other hands, unlike Romanians, the culture of Brunei is very strongly
influenced by the Malay cultures and the Islamic religion, which is completely in
contrast with that of the Romanians, who follow Christianity. About two-thirds of the
Brunei population comprise of Malay and the remaining includes the Indians, Chinese
and the indigenous groups like Kedazans, Dayaks and Dusuns. It is to mention that
the culture of Brunei is basically derived from Old Malay World, which is the
territory that covered Malay Archipelago. They have highly captivated the
imagination of the travellers and explorers for centuries with alluring mixture of the
untamed rainforest and the indigenous culture. Furthermore, according to Begawan,
Malaysia and Malaysia (2018), Bruneians highly believe in ghosts and there are