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