Most jobs require people to work in teams. If you do business internationally, it’s good to understand basic cultural information about team work. Research shows that East Asian cultures - Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and China -

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Most jobs require people to work in teams. If you do business internationally, it’s good to understand basic cultural information about team work.
Research shows that East Asian cultures - Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and China - tend to like /dislike (1) working in groups. It feels awkward /natural and comfortable (2) in these societies. They tend to put the group after/before (3) the individual.
But other cultures value team work/the individual (4), too. Scandinavians - Danes, Norwegians and Swedes - are not good /good (5) team players. However, teams do not always work closely together in these cultures. Once team members are given a task, they usually want the freedom to complete it without too much control.
Finland, a neighbour of Norway and Sweden, isn’t /is (6) the same as its neighbours. Finland’s attitude to team work is more like some southern European countries, as Finns rarely/often (7) prefer to work on their own. In Portugal, Italy and Greece, teams can often be /aren’t usually (8) individuals working on their own and reporting to a strong leader. They work /don’t work (9) in close cooperation. In this case, team leaders need to / don’t need for (10) give a clear focus and direction for each team member.