Republic
of Kazakhstan
Republic
of Kazakhstan
Our Way of
Communication
Kazakh are very
hospitable, usually open minded and friendly to foreigners.
Our Appearance and
Style of Dress
In Kazakhstan you can
see the big difference between social classes of society, even in the style of
dress. For example, people from upper level class usually wear clothing from
famous companies; however, people from lower level class wear cheap clothing.
What, When and How We
Eat
Definitely Kazakh food
is healthier than American. Our main dish is meat-beef, lamb (not pork because
Kazakhstan is Muslim country) with different prepared vegetable or pastry. I
noticed that Kazakh more often eat soup than American.
We prefer eat food at
home, not in the restaurant, but on the weekend or holyday usually all family go
to the restaurant. Our food timetable is:
Breakfast: some hot
drink (coffee, tea) with fried eggs or toast – between 6AM to 10AM
Lunch: salad, soup and
meat with vegetable or pasta – between 12noon to 2PM
Dinner: salad, soup or
dish with meat and vegetable – between 7PM to 9PM
Our Commitment to Time
Schedules
We are usually punctual
because we don’t have a terrible traffic problem in Kazakhstan. However, in a
company meeting high level job workers can be late about 15 minutes in order to
show they are important and busy.
Our holidays
1-2 January - New Year
8 March - Women’s Day
22 March - Day of Unity
of peoples of Kazakhstan
9 May - Victory Day
30 August - Constituent
Day
25 October - Republic
Day
16 December –
Independence Day
How Much Space We Like
Around Us
I think it depends on
each person. Generally, we are open to everybody. On the other hand, we don’t
say “hello, how are you?” to everyone but only to acquaintance.
How We Like to Be
Recognized and Rewarded
First of all, we work
in teams and it is ok when recognized and reward the direct hand of the team.
You can see in Kazakh companies’ clear line between high-level workers and
clerks. We are not unceremonious with boss.
Our Relationship With
Others and Authority
Kazakhstan is
democratic republic, but we don’t have any opposite party, and it is our
problem because we can’t really tells something negative about our president.
Our Outlook and
Attitude Toward Life
It is still a problem
in my country to be a businesswoman. Men prefer to make deals with men. We are
trying to change this opinion. Men don’t perceive seriously businesswomen.
However, they can work with foreigner businesswomen.
Kazakhstan takes the 9th
place among the richest reserve of oil and gas. We pin one’s hope that in the
future my country will be rich like Arabic countries. Also, we have major
deposits of coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper,
molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold and uranium.
We like to spend free
time with family, friends. We like fishing, camping, climbing to the mountains.