Latin American Executive Opinions
Joanna Borrell
Roxana Danae Bannach
María Esther Castillo
Alejandro Ernesto Magdits
Juan Emilio Vila Naranjo
Miluska Pérez Velásquez
Cira A. Valbuena
Joanna Borrell República Dominicana "El americano que visita a República Dominicana, la ropa casual no es de mucha utilidad..." Right/Control click here to download MP4 for ipod. |
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Roxana Danae Bannach Chile, Santiago "Bueno la vestimenta casual creo que es mucho más formal que aquí..." Right/Control click here to download MP4 for ipod. |
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María Esther Castillo México, Monterrey, N.L. "Bueno aquí la gente en México, este, bueno como se viste formalmente..." Right/Control click here to download MP4 for ipod. |
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Alejandro Ernesto Magdits Perú, Lima "OK, vestirse con ropa casual cuando te invitan a una reunión informal..." Right/Control click here to download MP4 for ipod. |
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Juan Emilio Vila Naranjo Perú, Lima "El ejecutivo en el Perú utiliza terno y corbata..." Right/Control click here to download MP4 for ipod. |
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Miluska Pérez Velásquez Perú, Lima "Es muy importante para nosotros los peruanos, sobretodo para las citas de negocio, estar con corbata..." Right/Control click here to download MP4 for ipod. |
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Cira A. Valbuena Venezuela, Caracas "La manera de vestir, normal, de los venezolanos en un ambiente de negocios es utilizar un traje..." Right/Control click here to download MP4 for ipod. |
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A general rule of thumb for dress in Latin America is to move your formality notch towards the formal side. In other words, if you normally wear jeans, wear slacks, if you normally wear slacks, wear a tie, if you normally were a tie, wear a suit, etc. The same applies to the women. If you normally wear shorts, wear long pants, if you normally wear pants, wear a skirt, if you normally wear a skirt, wear a dress, if you normally wear a dress, wear a fancier gown. As Joanna Borrell observes, "you will find that casual clothes are not very useful." North American tendency is to be casual in dress and grooming. It is as if to say that what you do is more important than how you look. In Latin America, however, how you look says a lot about how professional you are. Miluska Perez makes the astute observation that you are even judged by the briefcase, calendar, pen, and calculator that you carry with you. |