the company culture was a unique blend of Japanese and North American styles. The employees in North America worked hours than the employees in Japan. Around the office, it was common for employees to hear Japanese and English. Howe
Samira successfully completed two rotations and was about to graduate. Her new manager often asked her to follow up with other team members to complete late tasks. As taught in school, she was proactive with team members about completing their work. Samira thought she was great at consistently inviting others to participate in the decisionmaking process. She always offered her opinion on how things could be done better and sometimes even initiated tasks to improve processes on her own. Although she saw herself as an emerging take charge leader Samira always downplayed her ambitions. In school she was often stereotyped in negative ways for being an assertive female leader, and she didn't want to be seen in that way at work.