4 cultural clashes holding back East Asian employees in the workplace

East Asian employees are often accused of being reluctant to speak in group meetings

Cultural misunderstandings are holding back East Asian employees from reaching their full potential in the workplace. This is a problem for employers because employees from East Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and China, now make a sizeable portion of the workforce.

In the Australian workforce 17% of employees identify as Asian; immigrants from East Asia are the fastest growing group, among immigrant populations, in the country. Yet, only one in five Asian workers are very satisfied with their career prospects or believe that their company highly values diversity.

The cultural gap linked to