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This creates a "ceiling effect" for many efficient polychronic people, who, while being appreciated in their companies, see their efficiency as a block to a quicker promotion.

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The United States and Canada tend to be fairly monochronic, while Mexico tends to be polychronic.

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The weakness of the polychronic style is that if not well managed, it can simply create chaos.

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On the other hand, polychronic people, if they manage their style correctly, can be more productive since they use their time to work on more than one task.

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Often, polychronic people will accept any request for additional work, and sometimes they are overly optimistic as to how much can be accomplished.

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On the opposite end, there are polychronic cultures, in which people tend to do various tasks simultaneously.

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The United States and Canada tend to be fairly monochronic, while Mexico tends to be polychronic.

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Some cultures mix both styles, such as the Japanese, who are monochronic when it comes to work, and polychronic in social situations.

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Efficient polychronic people (including many Mexicans) can quickly become extremely valuable to the company, because what they do would take more than one person.

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A polychronic person can more easily adapt to jobs such as interpreters (listening in one language while speaking in another), or as a receptionist who acts as telephone operator and secretary simultaneously.

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However, other cultures, including many in Latin America and Asia, are considered “polychronic.” These cultures are less focused on accounting for individual measures of time but are more focused on tradition, relationships, and freedom.

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