Different Theories Of Motivation

Different Theories Of Motivation Hrm18R

Submitted to:Mrs. Amelita R. Reyes (9:30-10:30 M-W-F) Submitted by: Romina C. Novilla

WHA T V AL UES IN T HE PH ILIP PINE CUL TURE T O AMERIC AN: Filipino American history has been retold in so many different ways. We can read history books and try to find out about the Filipino American history in libraries. However, I could honestly say the best source of knowledge about immigration and settlement of Filipinos are from our fathers, our mothers, grandparents, neighbors that have Filipino heritage in them. Books could only say the least, but speaking to an actual person who experienced it all is the best source ever. These people have so much information to offer to people who have the questions. Furthermore, how would one assimilate one self through the American culture to just “fit in”? Migrating to the United States does end one journey, but a new chapter begins. If you ask these people what was their main purpose in moving to America, most of them will answer that America was the “land of opportunity” and they wanted a better life for themselves and their families. Adjusting to the American lifestyle was hard for many Filipinos because at the same time they were accepted to migrate to America but the Americans did not approve of them. Many were looked down on, called by racist names, and were looked at as African Americans and not Filipino Americans. Many Filipinos have been mistaken as being Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and not many Americans knew what Filipinos were. When Filipinos adjusted to the American lifestyle, according to Armando Alvarez in Home Bound, his family has a cultural void. This meant that there was no Filipino culture mentioned at all in his home. As he quotes, “…Filipino

culture is something that retain, that we should hold on to…There wasn’t a sense that we should keep the language and have English as their primary language. This was also one of the ways for Filipinos to “fit in” right away.

Forces that contemporary values: The conflict between values is the source of many conflicts and problems today. In contrast to the traditional conflict of values, the contemporary conflict is distinguished by these features: (1) extensiveness; (2) complicatedness; (3) profoundness; and (4) continuousness. The plurality and relativity of values is the primary cause of contemporary conflicts. The origin of pluralism lies in an interrelated trio of aspects: commodity economy, democratic politics, and individualism. The contemporary conflict of values is a historical process. Such conflict does not necessarily result in confusion; on the contrary, it can possibly lead to new and higher levels of harmony and vitality. In adjudicating value conflicts, we must (1) permit different values to coexist and respect different choices and the pursuits of values by different individuals; (2) consider the whole and the individual, the entire and the part, the long-term and the short-term, and attempt to have regard for both sides of the conflict; and (3) pursue the best and most suitable.