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