For example, companies run on modern economic concepts must base decisions on cost and efficiency, but employers are reluctant to adopt "American-style management" when it comes to dismissing workers who underperform.
例如在以現代企管理念經營的公司裡，一切要算成本、講效率，對表現不佳的員工，老闆應可採取「美國式管理」﹘﹘解雇；但中國傳統農業社會的雇傭關係，長工是「終身職」，除非犯了大錯，否則主人不會輕易將他辭退。