A Comparison between Chinese and American Compliments as Motivation

Compliments are used whenever and wherever possible in interpersonal communications, to greet, and to say thank you, but also as a way to motivate people. Compliments as motivation are both cultural-shared and cultural-specific. Both Americans and Chinese are generous with complimenting, sharing common compliment topics, but despite some similarities, there is variability regarding compliments due to different complimentable values in American and Chinese culture.