http://www.relevantsocialmedia.com/blog/2008/01/uma-ausencia-de-relogios/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.relevantsocialmedia.com/blog/2008/01/uma-ausencia-de-relogios/comment-page-1/#comment-153 » Blog Archive » Clapping At the Sun Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:21:43 +0000 http://shawnpbutler.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/uma-ausencia-de-relogios#comment-153 [...] I believe that the Cariocas (what the people here in Rio de Janeiro call themselves) epitomize the Hispanic idea of polychronic time. Hoffstede’s cultural dimensions study places Brazilians on a par with the Asian cultures for long-term time orientation. It can be commonly observed that these people take the long-view time perspective rather than allowing themselves to be confined by things like schedules and apparently clocks. [...] [...] I believe that the Cariocas (what the people here in Rio de Janeiro call themselves) epitomize the Hispanic idea of polychronic time. Hoffstede’s cultural dimensions study places Brazilians on a par with the Asian cultures for long-term time orientation. It can be commonly observed that these people take the long-view time perspective rather than allowing themselves to be confined by things like schedules and apparently clocks. [...]

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