Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• https://www.commisceo-global.com/resources/country-guides/a
ustralia-guide
Cultural Norms
• https://www.commisceo-global.com/resources/country-guides/a
ustralia-guide
The Construction of Social Norms
• Social norms can be constructed simply by like-minded people
congregating together. The presence of similar views,
preferences, and opinions leads people to spend time together
and the norm is formed.
• Newcomers to the group would need to share these views also
or risk being viewed as “weird” or “different”.
The Construction of Cultural Norms
• Cultural norms are formed in a similar manner but with less choice by
the individual.
• Cultural norms are formed in a similar manner but with less choice by
the individual.
• Usually determined by family expectation.