JAMAICA

BY: JESSICA JACKSON

FLAG & CAPITAL

FLAG

CAPITAL CITY

KINGSTON, JAMAICA

LANGUAGE & RELIGION

PRIMARY LANGUAGE

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: JAMAICAN STANDARD

ENGLISH

SPOKEN LANGUAGE: ENGLISH BASED CREOLEJAMAICAN PATIOS

PRIMARY RELIGION

CHRISTIANITY

TOURIST ATTRACTION: DUNNS RIVER

A WELL KNOWN TOURIST SITE, WERE YOU CLIMB
THE WATERFALL.

TOURIST ATTRACTION: BOB MARLEY MUSEUM

A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO REGGAE MUSICIAN
BOB MARLEY

NATIONAL CUISINE
ACKEE AND SALT FISH
A JAMAICAN FRUIT AND FISH SAUTED AND SERVED FOR
BREAKFAST

JAMAICAN PATTIES
PASTRY FILLED WITH VARIOUS FILLINGS

STEREOTYPES
JAMAICANS HAVE A LOT OF JOBS

ALL JAMAICANS ARE BLACK

SUPERSTITIONS
THE FINGERNAILS OF AN INFANT SHOULD NOT BE CUT, OR THE CHILD MAY GROW UP TO BE A THIEF
IF A LIZARDS JUMPS ON A WOMAN, SHE IS PREGNANT OR SOON TO BE
REARRANGE FURNITURE IN A PERSONS ROOM WHEN THEY DIES SO THEIR SPIRIT WONT RECOGNIZE THE
ROOM AND WANT TO STAY

HAND GESTURES
FIST BUMPING TO GREET SOMEONE IS COMMON
CLAPPING HANDS TO GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION

BUSINESS CULTURE
JAMAICA
ETIQUETTE

JAMAICANS GREET SOMEONE WITH A HAND SHAKE LOOKING

THEM IN THE EYES.

THEY DONT USE FIRST NAME UNLESS THE PERSON GIVES

PERMISSION.

BODY LANGUAGE

KISS MI TEET-SUCKING YOUR TEETH TO SHOW YOUR ANNOYED

CUTTING YOUR EYE-NEED TO APOLOGIZE

UNITED STATES
ETIQUETTE

AMERICANS ARE SIMILAR TO JAMAICANS IN

HOW WE GREET OTHERS

BODY LANGUAGE

IT IS RUDE TO NOT STAND UP STRAIGHT AND NOT

GIVE EYE CONTACT

BUSINESS CULTURE
JAMAICA

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

OPEN
CARE ABOUT EVERYONE
HELPFUL

UNITED STATES

CLOSED OFF EXCEPT TO FAMILY CLOSE FRIENDS

BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

COMMUNICATION STYLES IN DECISION MAKING

JAMAICA

UNITED STATES

OPEN
EXPRESS EMOTIONS
PASSIVE

CLOSED OFF
COLD
AGGRESSIVE

POWER STRUCTURES IN DECISION MAKING

JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT IS A PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY. IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY AND

IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS. THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND IS THE HEAD OF THE STATE.
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE QUEEN ARE APPOINTED BASED OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRIME
MINISTER.

INTERNET USE
INTERNET PENETRATION RATE

JAMAICA-43.4%
UNITED STATES-88.5%

MOST POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORK

SITES

JAMAICA-FACEBOOK
UNTIED STATES- FACEBOOK

INDIVIDUALISM V.S. COLLECTIVISM

INDIVIDUALISM
UNITED STATES IS A INDIVIDUALIST SOCIETY. THEY
ONLY LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES OR CLOSE FAMILY.

COLLECTIVISM
JAMAICAN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYONE AND
THEREFORE ARE A COLLECTIVIST SOCIETY. FAMILY,
EXTENDED FAMILY, AND OTHER CLOSE
RELATIONSHIPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

POWER DISTANCE
JAMAICA

HIERARCHY FOR CONVINCE ONLY

SUPERIORS ACCESSIBLE
MANAGERS COUNT ON TEAM MEMBERS
CONTROL DISLIKED

UNITED STATES

INDIVIDUALS NOT EQUAL

POWER DISTRIBUTED UNEQUALLY
INEQUALITY ENDORSED BY FOLLOWERS AND
LEADERS

UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE
JAMAICA

UNITED STATES
WILLINGNESS TO TRY NEW THINGS

RELAXED ATTITUDE
NO MORE RULES THAN

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

LESS EMOTIONALLY EXPRESSIVE

NECESSARY

SCHEDULES FLEXIBLE

MASCULINE V.S. FEMININITY

JAMAICA

UNITED STATES

-MASCULINE

-MASCULINE

DRIVEN BY COMPETITION
LIVE IN ORDER TO WORK

STRIVE TO BE THE BEST

CAN-DO MENTALITY

CURRENT EVENTS
USAIN BOLT TO GET A STATUE IN HIS HONOR
HTTPS://WWW.RT.COM/SPORT/362824-USAIN-BOLT-STATUE-JAMAICA/

PRECAUTIONARY STANDBY AGREEMENT

HTTP://WWW.ENTORNOINTELIGENTE.COM/ARTICULO/9094021/JAMAICA-IMF-GIVES-DETAILS-ON-NEW-P
RECAUTIONARY-STANDBY-AGREEMENT

CITATIONS
COUNTRY, B. (N.D.). GET THE GLOBAL EDGE. RETRIEVED OCTOBER 16, 2016, FROM
HTTP://WWW.GLOBALROADWARRIOR.COM/

D. (2015). ITS NOT WHAT YOU SAY: A LESSON IN JAMAICAN NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. RETRIEVED OCTOBER 16, 2016, FROM

HTTPS://TWOYEARSPONDEROCK.WORDPRESS.COM/2015/05/13/ITS-NOT-WHAT-YOU-SAY-A-LESSON-IN-JAMAICAN-NON-VERBAL-COMMU
NICATION/

HOME - JAMAICANS.COM. (N.D.). RETRIEVED OCTOBER 15, 2016, FROM

HTTP://JAMAICANS.COM/

GEERT HOFSTEDE - GEERT HOFSTEDE. (N.D.). RETRIEVED OCTOBER 16, 2016, FROM
HTTPS://GEERT-HOFSTEDE.COM/

JAMAICAN TRADITIONS - CUSTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH BIRTH AND DEATH. (N.D.). RETRIEVED OCTOBER
15, 2016, FROM HTTP://WWW.REAL-JAMAICA-VACATIONS.COM/JAMAICAN-TRADITIONS.HTML