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- Warning – This Blog Entry Does Not Get to the Point in the First Paragraph! Conciseness and “Efficiency” in Cross-Cultural Styles
- Cross-Cultural Workplace: Two Mini-Cases of Misinterpretation
- Cross-Cultural Workplace: “We” and “I” – Speaking for Myself?
- Cross-Cultural Workplace: Humor Across Cultures
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Warning – This Blog Entry Does Not Get to the Point in the First Paragraph! Conciseness and “Efficiency” in Cross-Cultural Styles
Several decades ago, the linguist, Dr. Robert B. Kaplan, published “Cultural Thought Patterns in Intercultural Education”, introducing the notion that people from different language groups and regions of the world structure their writing to reflect different patterns of thinking. … Continue reading
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Tagged communication style, cross-cultural impact in the workplace, cross-cultural training, Cultural thought patterns, French-American cross-cultural challenges, getting to the point, global competency, intercultural education, structuring information
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Cross-Cultural Workplace: Two Mini-Cases of Misinterpretation
“Culture hides more than what it reveals, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own members.” Edward Hall, Anthropologist Lost Opportunity Lalita, an Indian engineer, has passed the first hurdle in her … Continue reading
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Tagged business communication, cross-cultural competency, cross-cultural training, cultural differences in interviewing styles, cultural use of language, culturally influenced communication, global perspective, hierarchy and job ranking, mismatched expectations
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Cross-Cultural Workplace: “We” and “I” – Speaking for Myself?
Some of our European and American clients working with people in Asia have reported confusion about the use of “we.” We have heard clients say, “When I communicate with a team member in, for example, India or China, I … Continue reading
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Tagged "I" and "We", Chinese culture, collectivism, communication challenges across cultures, cross-cultural confusion, cross-cultural perceptions, group-oriented culture, individualism, language and culture, Latin American cultures, Spanish culture, team consensus
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Cross-Cultural Workplace: Humor Across Cultures
Humor contains a great deal of cultural context. When a joke doesn’t work, the first possibility may be that it isn’t really that funny! However, in a cross-cultural context, it could be that the cultural style of humor is different … Continue reading