Indians live in a collectivist society where individuals set
aside personal goals for the good of the whole. Identities are born and cultivated through family
lineage and caste membership resulting in an identified in-group rather than
striving for a personal identity. India’s
people to not strive for independence from their in-group seeking individual
rights” and desires over the group. Instead,
respecting elders and taking on tasks to insure the happiness of the in-group,
which includes workplace teams, are top duties. This is challenging to an American mind because our society is the most individualist in the world..or the opposite of collectivist.