Abstract
Globalisation has brought numerous changes in all aspects of life especially in the economic sector. For the past few decades, the importance of economic growth and achievement has become the “obsession” of people around the world. Malaysia is no exception to this economic globalisation whirlwind. As well-known business hub with cutting edge technologies and blooming business enterprises, economic globalisation has shifted the way Malaysian society view things or connect with one another. This paper explores how business culture is represented in Malaysian short stories as well as examines the stand of the writers regarding the impact of economic globalisation on their society. In doing so, this paper compares and critically analyses three - selected short stories in the light of globalisation theory. The five main characteristics of globalisation namely, internationalisation, liberalisation, universalisation, westernisation and deterritorialisation are taken into account while dissecting these literary works. From the analysis, each writer voices out similar concerns regarding the impact of economic globalisation on their society. Malaysian fictions are preoccupied with the erosion of good values and the nation’s physical changes due to economic globalisation. The parallel stand demonstrates that regardless of their ethnicity and gender, they react uniformly to the changes.
Highlights
The advent of the new millennium has seen the progress of globalisation soundly progressing and affecting all countries around the globe in all aspects of life, from politics to culture
This paper explores how business culture is represented in Malaysian short stories as well as examines the stand of the writers regarding the impact of economic globalisation on their society
The short stories are selected based on their theme and the issues tackled in the narrative which deal with globalisation and how economic development has affected Malaysian society
Summary
The advent of the new millennium has seen the progress of globalisation soundly progressing and affecting all countries around the globe in all aspects of life, from politics to culture. For the past few decades, the importance of economic growth and achievement has become the “obsession” of people around the world, from the First to the Third World countries (Hirst, Grahame, & Bromley, 2009). There is no exception in Southeast Asia which is full of economic potentials. Among these countries, Malaysia appears to be one of the most competitive countries (based on The Global Competitiveness Report 2014/2015 published by World Economic Forum and the 2014 World Competitiveness ranking by the IMD). Malaysia is ranked number 20 out of 144 economies in terms of global competitiveness and number 6 in the Asia-Pacific region. With a population of approximately 29.90 million in 2014, and various natural resources such as petroleum and palm oil, it is not impossible for Malaysia to follow its neighbour’s footsteps in becoming the developed country within the decade
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