Views and Opinions
While working on this project, we conducted a survey on our international friends (high school students from around the world) to find out their views on culture and the importance of cultural quotient. The compilations of the survey response to the various questions are as follows.
1. How important is Culture (in general) to you? |
Not important |
Of little importance |
Somewhat important |
Quite important |
Very important |
0 |
4 |
9 |
15 |
8 |
2. How important is your own Culture to you? |
Not important |
Of little importance |
Somewhat important |
Quite important |
Very important |
0 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
13 |
From the responses to the first two questions, we can see that there is a generally positive attitude towards culture. This means that more of our friends believed culture was important to them.
3. How much do you think you know about your own Culture? |
Nothing |
Relatively Little |
Fair |
Well |
Very Well |
0 |
2 |
10 |
17 |
7 |
4. How much do you think you know about the different cultures of people around you? |
Nothing |
Relatively Little |
Fair |
Well |
Very Well |
0 |
4 |
25 |
5 |
2 |
The responses to the third and fourth questions showed that our friends generally knew more about their own cultures than about other cultures.
5. Do you have respect for cultures different from yours? |
Nothing |
Relatively Little |
Fair |
Well |
Very Well |
0 |
0 |
9 |
20 |
7 |
The responses to the fifth question showed that all of our friends felt that respecting other cultures was important.
6. Do you think culture is important in business? |
Not important |
Of little importance |
Somewhat important |
Quite important |
Very important |
2 |
2 |
13 |
9 |
10 |
7. Do you think that culture is important in a student-student relationship? |
Not important |
Of little importance |
Somewhat important |
Quite important |
Very important |
1 |
8 |
4 |
16 |
7 |
The responses to the sixth and seventh questions showed that our friends felt that culture was fairly important in the business environment but many felt that culture was more important for socialising in high school.
8. If given the chance would you like to find out more about Cultural Quotient?
(Cultural Quotient is the ability each one of us has to interact effectively with people of different cultural backgrounds.) |
Not Interested |
Not Sure |
Interested |
6 |
11 |
19 |
From the responses to the last question, we can see that more of our friend express interest in knowing about cultural quotient. Also, from the survey as a whole, it seems that our friends value the importance of culture and cultural quotient.
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