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Hawaiian Culture and the Workplace
  • A Presentation of Cultural Influences and
    Expectations within the Workplace Environment

2
Hawaiian Culture and the Workplace
  • Hawaii is uniquely known throughout the world for
    the hospitality of its people and the famous
    aloha spirit. Although these are positive
    perceptions, there are a few unflattering
    negative perceptions and prejudices of Hawaiians
    in the workplace which stem from a
    misunderstanding of their very rich cultural
    background. A few of these cultural aspects will
    be covered in this presentation including the
    following
  • Hawaiian Cultures Most Well Known Contribution
  • The Hawaiian Perception of Time
  • The Unique Concept of the Family or Ohana
  • The Hawaiian Islands Unique Pidgin Language

3
Hawaiian Cultural Contribution
  • The Hawaiian Cultures Greatest and Most Well
    Known Contribution to the World is the Aloha
    Spirit
  • Hawaiians, in general, to their eternal credit,
    are still known as a people of a loving and
    generous nature. Hawaiian culture has left an
    important, humanizing legacy for the world-
    Surfing for Life (2001)
  • ResourceSurfing for Life (2001). Life in
    Harmony with Nature Cooperation Not Competition
    With All
  • That Surrounds Us Hawaiian Culture as
    Represented in Surfing for Life.
  • Retrieved February 16, 2008 from
    http//www.surfingforlife.com/culture.html

4
The Spirit of Love and Aloha
  • The Hawaiian Cultures Greatest and Most Well
    Known Contribution to the World is the Aloha
    Spirit
  • Herb Kane, artist, writer and co-founder of the
    Polynesian Voyaging Society, defines aloha the
    following way An unquestioning friendship and
    desire to share, developed within the 'ohana but
    extended to all persons of good will, aloha has
    been variously defined as affection, compassion,
    mercy, sympathy, civility, kindness and charity.
    It is given without restraint or ulterior motive,
    and it is expressed with a geniality which
    springs from one who is secure in his society and
    his environment. The aloha spirit is a
    friendliness, a caring, a willingness to be
    helpful, most often expressed as the hospitality
    (Ho'okipa) .
  • - Surfing for Life (2001)

Resource Surfing for Life (2001). Life in
Harmony with Nature Cooperation Not Competition
With All That Surrounds Us Hawaiian Culture as
Represented in Surfing for Life. Retrieved
February 16, 2008 from http//www.surfingforlife.c
om/culture.html
5
The Spirit of Love and Aloha
  • Did You Know the Aloha Spirit is the Law in
    Hawaii?
  • Well, not exactly, but the definition of aloha
    spirit and guidance for public officials to
    remember this philosophy when performing their
    duties is contained in the Hawaii Revised
    Statutes (State Law) 5-7.5 Aloha Spirit
  • "Breaking this law carries no obvious penalty
    such as a fine or being put in jail.  Forgetting
    it does have consequences, the least of which is
    that things just won't work as well as they do
    when we remember it!  It is similar to the Golden
    Rule, though not exactly the same in usage.  Like
    the Golden Rule, though, Aloha Spirit can change
    the world.
  • - OhanaNet Corp. (2001)

Resource OhanaNet Corporation (2001). What Time
is it? Hawaii School Reports.  Retrieved
February 16, 2008 from http//www.hawaiischoolre
ports.com/symbols/time.htm
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The Spirit of Love and Aloha
  • Did You Know the Aloha Spirit is the Law in
    Hawaii?
  • Hawaii Revised Statutes (State Law) 5-7.5
    "Aloha Spirit".
  • "Aloha Spirit" is the coordination of mind and
    heart within each person. It brings each person
    to the self. Each person must think and emote
    good feelings to others. In the contemplation and
    presence of the life force, "Aloha", the
    following unuhi laula loa may be used
  • "Akahai", meaning kindness, to be expressed with
    tenderness 
  • "Lokahi", meaning unity, to be expressed with
    harmony
  • "Oluolu", meaning agreeable, to be expressed
    with pleasantness
  • "Haahaa", meaning humility, to be expressed with
    modesty
  • "Ahonui", meaning patience, to be expressed with
    perseverance.

Resource OhanaNet Corporation (2001). What Time
is it? Hawaii School Reports.  Retrieved
February 16, 2008 from http//www.hawaiischoolre
ports.com/symbols/time.htm
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The Spirit of Love and Aloha
  • Benefits of the Aloha Spirit
  • When Woody Brown arrived in Hawai'i in 1940he
    was recovering from the devastating death of his
    wife during childbirth. As he traveled throughout
    the islands, he experienced overwhelming warmth,
    generosity and hospitality from the native
    Hawaiian people he met. This is the famous aloha
    spirit that the world has come to identify with
    Hawai'i, and it was Woody's salvation.
  • - Surfing for Life (2001)

Resource Surfing for Life (2001). Life in
Harmony with Nature Cooperation Not Competition
With All That Surrounds Us Hawaiian Culture as
Represented in Surfing for Life. Retrieved
February 16, 2008 from http//www.surfingforlife.c
om/culture.html
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Concept of Hawaiian Time
  • Hawaiian Time
  • The phrase Hawaiian Time refers to the laid
    back pace that one finds in the islands.  For
    newcomers, it can seem like it takes longer for
    things to get done, and this may be true.  Longer
    term residents know it has more to do with
    allowing time for all that is important, . . .
  • - OhanaNet Corp. (2001)

Resource OhanaNet Corporation (2001). What Time
is it? Hawaii School Reports.  Retrieved
February 16, 2008 from http//www.hawaiischoolre
ports.com/symbols/time.htm
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Concept of Hawaiian Time
  • Hawaiian Time
  • Local people or long time residents live by it,
    valuing relationships more than money. These are
    people who think the best thing they did all day
    was stop and talk story with an old friend from
    grade school. You'll see lots of bumper stickers
    on Maui that say Slow Down This Ain't The
    Mainland.
  • - Kean Salzer (2008)

Resource Kean Salzer (2008). Hawaiian Time.
Maui.net All Things Maui.  Retrieved February
16, 2008 from http//www.maui.net/trip-planning/
best-of-maui/26/hawaiian-time.php
10
Concept of Hawaiian Time
  • Time is not clock-oriented
  • Deadlines have little meaning
  • Tasks are without urgency or time constraints
  • Punctuality is not a priority
  • Live for the present and not the future
  • Planning for the future is not a priority

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Concept of Hawaiian Time
  • Time is not clock-orientedIn contrast to the
    Western clock-oriented value system, some
    cultures are not conditioned to use every moment
    in a productive, task-oriented manner.
  • - Zhang (2001)

Resource Zhang Jian X (2001). Cultural diversity
in instructional design. International Journal of
Instructional Media, 28(3), 299.  Retrieved
December 18, 2007, from Research
Library database. (Document ID 79122062).
12
Concept of Hawaiian Time
  • The Good of Hawaiian Time
  • The Hawaiian concept of time may be perceived as
    apathetic, lazy, and unmotivated. In reality
    Hawaiian culture values time, cherishes time,
    enjoys and even relishes time . To Hawaiians,
    time is not meant to be used for a flood of
    activity, always attempting to cram as much as
    possible into each waking moment. Time is
    considered a gift to allow people to do things
    important and meaningful in life. Time allows
    people to enjoy life, to contemplate, to allow an
    opportunity to provide meaning to ones
    existence.

13
Concept of Hawaiian Time
  • The Good of Hawaiian Time
  • Nothing is more incorrect than the stereotype
    of the lazy Hawaiian they are an industrious
    and willing people, but their commitments are
    always more firm and productive if the goal is an
    intensification of human relationships rather
    than an accumulation of personal wealth or some
    individual achievement. (Gallimore Howard,
    1968, p. 10)
  • Resource
  • Ronald Gallimore (1981). Notes from
    "Affiliation, Social Context, Industriousness,
    and Achievement", edited by Ruth H. Munroe,
    Robert L. Munroe, Beatrice B. Whiting, Garland
    STPM Press, New York London, 1981. Retrieved
    February 17, 2008 from http//www.noteaccess.com/
    APPROACHES/ArtEd/History/SocAffilAchievmnt.htm

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Concept of Hawaiian Time
  • Interesting Fact About the Hawaiian Time Zone
  • Hawaii Standard Time (HST) does not adjust for
    Daylight Savings, keeping the same time
    year-round.  This means that the islands are
    three hours behind the west coast of the U.S. in
    summer, two hours in winter, and are six hours
    behind the east coast in summer, five hours in
    winter.
  • - OhanaNet Corp (2001)

Resource OhanaNet Corporation (2001). What Time
is it? Hawaii School Reports.  Retrieved
February 16, 2008 from http//www.hawaiischoolre
ports.com/symbols/time.htm
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Meaning of Family or Ohana
  • The OhanaAncient Hawaiian children grew up
    in a warm and affectionate world where people not
    related by blood were considered part of the
    'ohana, or extended family. To Hawaiians, the
    family consisted not only of the usual blood
    relatives, but also those who were loved or who
    chose to participate in cooperative
    actions.Hawaiians and Polynesians were very much
    aware of themselves as a member of the larger
    'ohana.
  • - Surfing for Life (2001)

Resource Surfing for Life (2001). Life in
Harmony with Nature Cooperation Not Competition
With All That Surrounds Us Hawaiian Culture as
Represented in Surfing for Life. Retrieved
February 16, 2008 from http//www.surfingforlife.c
om/culture.html
16
Meaning of Family or Ohana
  • The OhanaIn Hawaii, Many families consist
    of parents, grandparents and children all
    residing under one roof. It's not unusual to see
    a child being raised by a grandparent or aunt
    while the parents live and work elsewhere. The
    Hawaiian family or 'ohana can also consist of
    others not related by birth. A valued friend can
    be a member of your 'ohana. An entire group of
    close friends or associates can be their own
    'ohana.- Ken Conklin (2006)

Resource Ken Conklin (March 2006). The word
'OHANA is a modern invention. Retrieved February
16, 2008 from http//www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawai
iansovereignty/ohana.html.
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Meaning of Family or Ohana
  • Importance of Ohana
  • Hawaiians work better in a cooperative team than
    as individuals. Hawaiians like to share and
    depend on each other's contributions.
  • Hawaiians are reluctant to compete with peers or
    excel at the expense of others.
  • The family, community, and group take
    precedence over the individual. Obligations to
    family, friends, and extended family are of
    utmost value. (see next slide Sick for a Day)

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Meaning of Family or Ohana
  • Sick for a Day
  • Anona Napolean's family has a tradition they
    call Napoleon's Holiday, a tradition in which
    she and her husband would call in sick for work
    and then call their children's school to report
    them sick as well. They would pack up a picnic
    lunch and load the children and the surfboards
    into the car and head to the beach for a day of
    surfing and family enjoyment. She and her family
    felt it is important, on occasion, to just let go
    of work or whatever you're doing and come
    together as a family.
  • - Surfing for Life (2001)

Resource Surfing for Life (2001). Life in
Harmony with Nature Cooperation Not Competition
With All That Surrounds Us Hawaiian Culture as
Represented in Surfing for Life. Retrieved
February 16, 2008 from http//www.surfingforlife.c
om/culture.html
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Meaning of Family or Ohana
  • The Benefits of the Ohana
  • As Lilo so eloquently stated in the Walt Disney
    animated film Lilo and Stitch, 'Ohana means
    family. Family means no one is left behind - or
    forgotten.

Resource Clark Spencer (Producer), Dean
DeBlois and Chris Sanders (Director). (2002) Lilo
Stitch Motion picture. United States Walt
Disney Pictures.
20
The Hawaiian Pidgin Language
  • The Origin of the Hawaiian Pidgin Language
  • Pidgin is a beautiful, expressive language. It
    was originally created so that the immigrants,
    the Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and Filipinos
    as well as the Hawaiians and the Americans could
    do business. What evolved is a true language.
    Almost all people who live in Hawaii weave some
    pidgin into their daily conversation, education
    and upbringing notwithstanding.
  • - Eye of Hawaii (2008)

Resource Eye of Hawaii (2008). Pidgin The
Unofficial Language. Retrieved February 16, 2008
from http//www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovere
ignty/ohana.html.
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The Hawaiian Pidgin Language
  • A Few Common Pidgin Words You Will Hear Spoken by
    Hawaiians.
  • (Eye of Hawaii Pidgin The Unofficial Language,
    2008)
  • any kine (enee kyne) . Anything. No listen to
    dat tita, she say any kine, brah.
  • boddah you? Are you disturbed by this? Darlene
    wen go foa da beach wid me. Wot? Boddah you?
  • brah. Brother. Eh, brah, get one nuddah beer?
  • choke. A vast amount. Ho, get choke mangoes dis
    yeah, brah!
  • foa. For, used in place of "to". Easy foa say,
    hahd foa do.
  • grind. To eat. So what you like grind? We no moa
    da kine. No worries, brah, I grind any kine.
  • howzit? How are you? Eh, howzit, brah. You get
    any da kine?
  • kay den. All right. Kay den, I no show you mine.

Resource Eye of Hawaii (2008). Pidgin The
Unofficial Language. Retrieved February 16, 2008
from http//www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovere
ignty/ohana.html.
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The Hawaiian Pidgin Language
  • What if I dont understand what they just said?
  • Most Hawaiians can speak and switch between both
    pidgin and standard English. Sometimes pidgin
    words will unwittingly be interspersed within the
    context of a Hawaiians standard English speech
    because it is so common and natural to them. If
    this happens and you dont understand what a
    Hawaiian just said, ask for clarification and
    they are more than happy to accommodate you.

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The Hawaiian Pidgin Language
  • Pidgin Sentence
  • Howzit brah! Now dat we pau work we go look
    somplace foa grind!
  • English Translation
  • How are you! Now that we are finished with our
    work, lets find a place to eat!

Sounds like a great idea!
??????????
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The Hawaiian Pidgin Language
  • Pidgin Sentence
  • Eh, brah. You get any da kine, pen? Mine get no
    moa ink!
  • English Translation
  • Hello! Do you have an extra pen? Mine ran out of
    ink!

??????????
Here, you can borrow mine!
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The Hawaiian Pidgin Language
  • Pidgin is a Language
  • Pidgin is a language, just as English is a
    language. Language is the carrier of culture, and
    Pidgin is the carrier of local culture. It is
    part of what makes Hawaii different from the
    rest of the U.S. Denigration of Pidgin is
    denigration of its speakers, a majority of the
    population of Hawaii. Pidgin is inclusive, a
    reflection of our historical attitudes and the
    value placed on getting along and trying to find
    common ground. It is non-hierarchical, and puts
    people on an even footing.
  • - Da Pidgin Coup (November 1999)

Da Pidgin Coup (November 1999) Pidgin and
Education. a position paper by Da Pidgin Coup of
the University of Hawaii Retrieved February
16, 2008 from http//www.hawaii.edu/sls/pidgin.htm
l.
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Hawaiian Culture and the Workplace
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Being culturally sensitive means being able to
    view the world from the standpoint of a culture
    other than one's own. this means accepting as
    valid the culturally different learners' values,
    their motives, rewards that are meaningful to
    them, their locus of control, their linguistic
    systems, their learning styles, and their
    cognitive styles.
  • - Zhang (2001)

Resource Zhang Jian X (2001). Cultural diversity
in instructional design. International Journal of
Instructional Media, 28(3), 299.  Retrieved
December 18, 2007, from Research
Library database. (Document ID 79122062).
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Hawaiian Culture and the Workplace
  • Presentation References
  • Ken Conklin (March 2006). The word 'OHANA is a
    modern invention. Retrieved February 16, 2008
  • from http//www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansoverei
    gnty/ohana.html.
  • Kean Salzer (2008). Hawaiian Time. Maui.net All
    Things Maui.  Retrieved February 16, 2008
  • from http//www.maui.net/trip-planning/best-of-ma
    ui/26/hawaiian-time.php
  • OhanaNet Corporation (2001). What Time is it?
    Hawaii School Reports. Retrieved February 16,
    2008
  • from http//www.hawaiischoolreports.com/symbols/t
    ime.htm
  • Surfing for Life (2001). Life in Harmony with
    Nature Cooperation Not Competition With All
  • That Surrounds Us Hawaiian Culture as
    Represented in Surfing for Life.
  • Retrieved February 16, 2008 from
    http//www.surfingforlife.com/culture.html
  • Clark Spencer (Producer), Dean DeBlois and
    Chris Sanders (Director). (2002) Lilo Stitch
  • Motion picture. United States Walt Disney
    Pictures.
  • Zhang Jian X (2001). Cultural diversity in
    instructional design. International Journal of
    Instructional Media, 28(3), 299.  Retrieved
    December 18, 2007, from Research
    Library database. (Document ID 79122062).
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