How does an employer's involvement in an employee's personal life differ among cultures?

How does an employer's involvement in an employee's personal life differ among cultures?

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There are different attitudes in companies depending on whether they are American-owned or owned by other countries, or cultures, which is becoming increasingly more prevalent. At a major corporation here in the LA area, employees were primarily American-born, and they were very upset when the new bosses insisted on doing exercises before work began. Even though it's a really great idea, but they were resistant to it, it's something very new and "foreign," in the negative way, to them. The attitudes of bosses wanting to know too much information about them. Actually, no one can ask you anymore about your marital status and age and things like that, but other cultures feel that they are entitled to know. They feel that they have a right to your time when you are on your day off, planning events and expecting you to be there because you are part of a family, the corporate family. And if your spouse doesn't want to go that casts a negative shadow on your performance at work.