Portuguese cultural standards from the Indian perspective

• Autor(a) principal: Sá, Ricardo
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11453
• topic: Cultura nacional -- National culture; Cultural standards; Portugal; Índia; Normas culturais

The present document has no other intention but to contribute for the studies relating the identification of Portuguese cultural standards, in this case, from the Indian perspective. The research method used in this document is the Cultural Standards Method, which bases its methodology in narrative, personally conducted interviews with members of one culture, capable of identifying differences between cultures, thus being able to create an opinion about certain cultural standards that, in their opinion, are most relevant for the main intent of studies like the present one. As referred, the empirical data was gathered during personally conducted interviews with the 21 participants that accepted to be interviewed, all of them obeying the established criteria of having been raised within the Indian culture and been living in Portugal for at least 12 months – therefore, having been able to get themselves integrated in the society thus creating an opinion over their personal experiences. The main text of the document is divided in five parts, contemplating the several backgrounds involved (historical - related to the countries, theoretical - related to the methods normally used for these studies and the Cultural Standard, the method used in this work), the empirical research done (the sample group, the interviews conducted and the cultural standards obtained from them) and a conclusion, in which the author summarises the results obtained and writes an epilogue to the document. The habits, attitudes, daily life realities, misunderstandings and sometimes, even discomfort, informed during the interviews, allowed the author, after careful filtering, to conclude on the Portuguese Cultural Standards at the eyes of the Indians living in Portugal:  Importance of Social Relations  Time Perception  Relaxed Attitude  Inefficiency