Matching Pairs Matching Values & BehaviorOnline version Reading Between the Signs - Activity 2 by Marlee Dyce 1 Informality 2 Self-reliance 3 Deference to authority 4 Egalitarianism 5 Centrality of Family 6 Fatalism 7 Respect for age 8 Saving Face 9 Being direct 10 Being indirect At a meeting, agreeing with a suggestion you think is wrong Accepting, without question, that something cannot be changed Disagreeing openly with someone at a meeting Inviting the teaboy to eat lunch with you in your office Asking the boss' opinion on something you are an expert on Use of understatement Not laying off an older employee whose work performance is weak Taking off from work to attend the funeral of a cousin Asking people to call you by your first name Not asking for help on an exam from the person sitting next to you