Compare and Contrast Two Different Cultures New Zealand and USA

Question: Discuss about theCompare and Contrast Two Different Culturesfor New Zealand and USA. Answer: Introduction Culture is the customs, ideas and social behavior of a particular country or a particular society (Meissel Rubie?Davies, 2016). It is the knowledge and characteristics of a particular group of people. This study will choose two countries namely New Zealand and USA and focus on the culture of these countries. The study will also compare and contrast the culture of these two countries. Discussion While comparing the culture of New Zealand and USA, language comes first as the factor of comparisons. According to Meissel and Rubie?Davies, (2016), New Zealand has three official languages namely English, NZ Sign Language and Maori. However, English is primarily used in day-day-day business operation and any radio or television program. Furthermore, Tubadji et al., (2015) opined that though USA has no such official language, but 82% population use English as their main language. According to Reese et al., (2014), the people of New Zealand are mostly friendly and outgoing. However, they initially remain formal with the unknown person. On the other hand, Dean et al., (2012) opined that the people USA are also very friendly and informal is nature. According to Meissel and Rubie?Davies (2016), People in both the countries like to have junk food and prefer meat, chicken. On the other hand, Neri et al., (2012) opined that both the countries are causal in greeting any person and smile is considered as the prime matter. According to Reese et al., (2014), the people of New Zealand are extremely honest and demonstrate sense of humor on their communication style. On the other hand, Tubadji et al., (2015) opined that the citizens of USA are straightforward in their communication style and they are logical in their discussion. Both the countries believe and prefer nuclear family. While considering the contrasting factors, social stratification comes first between New Zealand and USA. According to Neri et al., (2012), the citizen of New Zealand do not consider wealth and social status as their social identity. There is no formal social structure in New Zealand. On the other hand, Dean et al., (2012) opined that wealth and social status are highly considered in USA, as their social identity. According to Reese et al., (2014), the people of New Zealand are friendly in nature, but they are conservative in dealing with strangers. On the other hand, Neri et al., (2012) opined that the people of USA are overfriendly and does not wait for being introduced in making conversation with strangers. According to , USA is extremely straightforward in their business meetings and do not prefer long time conversation. On the other hand, Meissel and Rubie?Davies, (2016), the businesspersons of New Zealand prefer small talk before starting any meeting and coming to the main poin ts. The people of USA are much more concern about the value of time than the people of New Zealand. According to Neri et al., (2012), the negotiation process in New Zealand business take huge time, as people take time to believe on someone. On the other hand, Tubadji et al., (2015) opined that American are extremely quick in their deals and do not take much time in negotiation process. Conclusion While concluding the study, it can be said that both New Zealand and USA use English, as their prime language. People in both the countries are friendly in nature and outgoing. However, the people of USA are more straightforward than the people of New Zealand. Both USA and New Zealand citizen prefer junk and fast food. USA believes in social stratification in terms of wealth and social status. However, New Zealand has no such kind of social stratification. Wealth and social status are not so important to the people of New Zealand. References Dean, L. G., Kendal, R. L., Schapiro, S. J., Thierry, B., Laland, K. N. (2012). Identification of the social and cognitive processes underlying human cumulative culture.Science,335(6072), 1114-1118. Meissel, K., Rubie?Davies, C. M. (2016). Cultural invariance of goal orientation and self?efficacy in New Zealand: Relations with achievement.British Journal of Educational Psychology,86(1), 92-111. Neri, L., McEwan, P., Sennflt, K., Baboolal, K. (2012). Characterizing the relationship between health utility and renal function after kidney transplantation in UK and US: a cross-sectional study.Health and quality of life outcomes,10(1), 1. Reese, E., Chen, Y., McAnally, H. M., Myftari, E., Neha, T., Wang, Q., Jack, F. (2014). Narratives and traits in personality development among New Zealand M?ori, Chinese, and European adolescents.Journal of adolescence,37(5), 727-737. Tubadji, A., Osoba, B. J., Nijkamp, P. (2015). Culture-based development in the USA: culture as a factor for economic welfare and social well-being at a county level.Journal of cultural economics,39(3), 277-303.