always looking out for their people

Q7: talk about one contextual factor in the Greece leadership system and what you learned while we were in Greece that helped you understand that factor more in-depth

One contextual factor in the Greece leadership system is the family and small group aspect that their culture displays. As Americans, we are very independently driven people who don’t really put a lot of emphasis on our in-group, as some other cultures do. When we were in Greece, I saw a lot of people caring for each other. I saw small acts of security on buses between partners and families. I saw many Greeks stop by and read the sign of what Kayra’s art studio was all about. I saw servers at restaurants helping one another out unlike I have ever seen in America. I saw a lot of moms being protective over their children near many people, including our group. These were all acts that I don’t regularly see in Kansas, and if I do it isn’t in the same sense. Greeks have a much stronger sense of family and in-group loyalty than we do. I learned through watching the little things but when I thought about it, they were really big things. It may have been uncomfortable to us, as the out-group who was getting weird looks and kids pulled closer to moms around us, but it was very eye-opening that our perception of things can be completely different than other peoples’ and that the sense of safety, security, loyalty, and love can be so strong within families. Greeks look out for each other, that is just what they do. We read about it in our book and talked about it in class, then got to witness it firsthand when we were there, and it was just as prevalent as we read and learned about.Læs mere