Public Relations and Communication Changes Made by Pacific Islanders in Immigrating to America

Authors

Romney M. Stewart, Brigham Young University
Dr. Allen W. Palmer, Brigham Young University

Keywords

public relations, Pacific Islanders, immigrating to America

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Communications

Abstract

Utah’s large population of Pacific Islanders has continued to grow during the course of the past few years. However, it seemed to me that the majority of Polynesians I knew and saw worked in landscaping, cement or brick work, or other forms of manual labor. Why aren’t there more Polynesians involved in careers that Caucasians generally regard as higher status, such as accountancy, engineering, management, etc.? Is there something about their culture that places a different emphasis on job selection? What changes in communication and business methods must be initiated by immigrants in order to successfully compete with those in America’s society?

Recommended Citation

Stewart, Romney M. and Palmer, Dr. Allen W. (2014) "Public Relations and Communication Changes Made by Pacific Islanders in Immigrating to America," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 472.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/472