Mexican Culture Research Paper

Mexico
Mexico’s culture has always been of interest to me considering the influx of Spanish speaking immigrants and its close proximity to the United States. I believe it is important to have an understanding of other cultures as it allows one to compare the similarities and differences to one’s own culture. I completed a country report in middle school where I learned general background information about Mexico however I chose to write about Mexico in order to gain a more in depth understanding of the culture. American Culture is now a mixed salad not a melting pot, where other cultures’ identities are beginning to reshape the American way. For instance, due to the huge increase in Spanish speaking populations, a large number of Mexican workers are now employed in the in American workforce, proving the necessity to be able to communicate with this culture.
In Veronica Siller Valadez’s article Cultural Dimensions of Success in Mexico, a number of Mexico’s key cultural values are explained, as are the differences between Mexico and American views on each. It is a rising trend for multinational companies to seek production
by Sharon Segrest, Eric Romero, and Darla Domk-Damonte discusses how Mexican culture is directly impacted by deeply rooted historical traditions. A central element of Mexican culture is maintaining group harmony and order, which is accomplished by strict behavioral expectations of society. In Mexican organizations, each worker is aware of their position within the organization and workers typically do not stray from what is expected of them, which is different from the US where workers typically are participative and voice their opinion. The term “machismo means masculinity, male dominance and superiority and is legitimized though patriarchal social systems and reinforced through cultural values and norms” in Mexico (Sergest et