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1、ComparisonofChineseandWesternTipCultureAbstract:ThispaperisabouttheresearchofChineseandWesternTipCulture.Chinesepeopleandwesternershavetotallydifferentattitudestowardstips,resultingfromthedifferenceofculturalpsychology.Chinesesocietyhasastronggroupconsciousnessandsenseofhierarchyandthewesternershav
2、eindividualconsciousnessandawarenessofequality.Keywords:Chinese,Western,Tip,culturalpsychology,root中文摘要：本文研究中西方小费文化的差异。中西方人对于小费的态度差异源于文化心理的不同，中国人有着强烈的集体意识和等级观念，西方人个人意识和平等观念比较强。中文关键字：中国，西方，小费，文化心理，根源1.IntroductionTiporiginatesfromLondoninthe18thcentury,whichwasusedtoinsurepromptness(tipisshortfor“to
3、insurepromptness”)atfirstandlaterforthepaymenttorewardtheservicepersonnel.Somescholarselaboratethattipcannotreflectthelevelofcivilizationandithasnothingtodowithpersonalquality.Someotherscholarsthinkthattheparticularityofserviceistherootoftip.Andtheparticularityofservicehasthevaluewhichcouldequaltot
4、hetip.Thoughmanyscholarshaveanalyzedthetipfromdifferentanglesofview,thesetheoriescannotexplainwhyChineseandwesternpeoplehavedifferentattitudestothetip.Inthepaper,I’lltrytofindtheoriginalofthedifferencebetweenChineseandWesterntipculture.2.WesternTipCultureThetipcomesfromthewestandprevailsintheservic
5、eindustryofwesterncountries.Itisverycommonthatcustomerspaytipstothepeoplewhohaveprovidedservicetothem.EspeciallyinAmerica,youshouldpaytipswhenyouarelivinginahotel,dinninginarestaurant,moving,havingahaircutorhavingshoesbrushed.Accordingtostatistics,thereare35serviceindustriesthatneedtotipinAmericaan
6、d29inSpain,25inCanada,24inItalyand10inDenmark.IntheseWesterncountries,payingtipsisnotakindofsystemandhasnolegalrestriction.Itisakindofvoluntarybehaviorandconvention.Tipsareanimportantpartofservicepersonnel’sincome.70%oftheincomecomesfromtipsandinsomeindustries,thepercentageevenhavereached100.Itisob
7、viousthatwesternservicepersonnel’sincomeisconsiderable.InAmerica,somepeopleliveontipsandsomeevenmakefortunethroughtips.Forexample,someyoungwaitressesworkingintherestaurantsinDisneycangettipsof400dollarseach
