CULTURE INFLUENCE IN CAREER WORLD

CULTURE INFLUENCE IN CAREER WORLD

Dr. Siraje has said during our class: “In Malaysia, we can see women become a bus driver, but ladies, if you stay in Saudi Arabia, for example, you cannot dream of being a bus driver”.

This is a statement of him which reflects the culture influence in career world in a country. A country like Malaysia absolutely gives a great and almost equal chance to women to go for work at outside. However, in certain countries, like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, it is very rare to see women working outside. Even if they are working, basically they only do type of work which can be done in their house compound or in places where they do not mix with male. For instance, they do sewing, which suitable to be done in their own houses. This condition is due to the restrictions they have in culture they value. However, the advantage of implementing such policy in their country, even though women cannot freely get the equal chance to enter professional fields as male, the crime rates in certain Arabs countries are very low. This is totally different compared to Malaysia, where women conquer the career world, which leads to many male jobless or disqualified to get a better positions, where finally males who are desperate to fulfill needs of life will do crimes that involved violations against women, such as snatching, raping, and so on.

Another issue in cultural influence is how people value a “gender dominated“ career determines the job market of the profession. For instance, in comparison of Malaysia and United States of America, it is hard to see men become nurse at hospital in Malaysia, but in their country, as shown in a medical TV series programme, ER, it is a common phenomenon men become nurse. Therefore, by having perception that nursing is a women’s profession, male in Malaysia tend to look for other job where finally influence job market demands in other profession, whereas in United States of America, the job market for nursing is attract attention from both gender, male and female. In conclusion, it is clear that CULTURE HAVE INFLUENCE IN CAREER WORLD.