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A comparative overview of Turkmen and Belarusian Cultures “Business Rituals”
1. A comparative overview of Turkmen and Belarusian Cultures “Business Rituals”
arative overview of Turkmen and Belarusian Culturesss Rituals”
A comparative overview of
Turkmen and Belarusian
Cultures
“Business Rituals”
2. TURKMENISTAN
TURKMENISTANTHE FACTS
NAME: Turkmenistan
LOCATION: Asia
GOVERNMENT: Republic
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%.
MAJOR RELIGION(S):
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%.
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS:
Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6%.
3. Basics: Greetings: Men to men
BASICS:Greetings: Men to men
4. Women greeting Women
5. Greetings between Men greeting Women
6. Communication Style
COMMUNICATION STYLE7. Personal Space & Touching
PERSONAL SPACE & TOUCHING8. Eye Contact
EYE CONTACT9. Views Of Time
VIEWS OF TIME10. Gender Issues
GENDER ISSUES11. Gestures
GESTURES12. Taboos
TABOOS13. Law & Order
LAW & ORDER14. BUSINESS: DRESS For Men
15. For Women
16. Titles & Business Cards
TITLES & BUSINESS CARDS17. Meetings
MEETINGS18. Negotiations
NEGOTIATIONS19. Gift Giving
GIFT GIVING20. BELARUS
• THE FACTS• NAME: Belarus
• LOCATION: Europe
• GOVERNMENT: Republic
• OFFICIAL LANGUAGE:Belarusian. Russian
• MAJOR RELIGION(S): Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20%
• MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish
3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1%.
21. Basics: Greetings Men to men
BASICS: GREETINGSMEN TO MEN
22. Woman greeting Woman
Woman greeting Woman23. Man greeting Woman
Man greeting Woman• This depends on the relationship between the man and the woman. If they
do not know each other, basically they do not touch. A handshake is possible
but may be seen as strange by the woman.
24. Communication Style
COMMUNICATION STYLE25. Personal Space & Touching
PERSONAL SPACE & TOUCHING26. Eye Contact
EYE CONTACT27. Views Of Time
VIEWS OF TIME28. Gender Issues
GENDER ISSUES29. Gestures
GESTURES30. Law & Order
LAW & ORDER• 18 is the legal drinking age.
• Young people do drink and at 14 years of age it is not uncommon for there
to be smoking and drinking.
• There are strong penalties for drug abuse (marijuana and heavier narcotics)
for those over 16, possibly prison, but for those younger, there are only fines
and they are sent home.
31. Business Dress
32. Titles & Business Cards
TITLES & BUSINESS CARDS• When it comes to titles there is something called "Imya Otchestvo"
which is basically that one's middle name is a variation of their
father's first (given) name. For men, the ending would be –ovich for
a man or -yevna for a woman. (Sergeiyevich if his father's name
was Sergei, or maybe Alexyeivna if her father's name was Alexei.)
• The Otchiestva is used in place of Mr. or Mrs. in all respectful social
interactions-even if people have known each othger for years, they
will call each other by their first name and Otchistva. If you were to
meet the president, you would not call him Mr. Lukashenko, but
rather you would great him by saying, exactly, Zdrastvuitye
Alexander Gregorivich.
• There is no specific protocol surrounding the giving and receiving
of business cards.
33. Meetings
MEETINGS34. Negotiations
NEGOTIATIONS35. Gift Giving
GIFT GIVING• Gifts usually mean corruption so it is best to avoid any gifts at initial
meetings.