Executive summary of 'Practising conviviality: social uses of ethnic cuisine in an Asian multicultural environment'

摘要

This summary has been provided to allow managers and executives a rapid appreciation of the content of the article. Those with a particular interest in the topic covered may then read the article in toto to take advantage of the more comprehensive description of the research undertaken and its results to get the full benefit of the material present. Certain foods are intrinsically linked with a specific culture to the extent that cuisines are accepted as having a role in the construction and sustenance of a particular ethnic identity. The growth in multicultural environments has raised the importance of food consumption as a means of facilitating interactions between members of different cultures. Researchers believe that consumption of "non-native ethnic cuisines" can prove indicative of the "social dynamics" that routinely exist within a particular multicultural marketplace.