Dear x,
The purpose behind this personal statement is to not only gain admission toyour well-established and highly respected Ph.D. program，but to impress uponyou my passion for learning and my tremendous desire to succeed in bothscholastic research and in teaching on the professional level. I have based mydecision to pursue an academic career not on purely practical reasons，butrather on my own natural interests and aptitude. My personal philosophy is thatmoney and social status should not be pursued as life-consuming objectives andthat in actuality they are the by-products of goals originating from one's innerneeds. I understand that my intellectual capacity is a gift，and I intend to usethis gift to the very best of my substantial capabilities.
I am interested in the field of study of Organizational Behavior. In thepast，I have had the experience of working in settings where the people and thecorporate cultures of the companies were all different. I have found that thereis a great difference in the both the behaviors of people and of theirorganizations，depending on whether they are state-owned enterprises (SOEs)，large multinational firms，or small to medium sized foreign enterprises. Onesimple example is that of the ability of an employee to act independentlywithout direct instructions from his or her boss. In many Chinese organizations，acting without direct instructions is considered a form of disrespect towardsthe supervisor，who is generally offended by such behavior. In my experience andresearch，such organizations tend to have low operating efficiency with theemployees losing their innate ability to take the initiative.
Yours sincerely,
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