From the course: Communicating Across Cultures
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Being attuned to other cultures
From the course: Communicating Across Cultures
Being attuned to other cultures
- Saying hello and goodbye in most cultures involves eye contact, and quite often, a polite smile. However, physical contact and distance between people will vary depending on the part of the world that you're in. If the meeting is in a virtual setting, you might have a tough time reading the other person through the camera. In general, the skill of reading people and situations is being attuned, a skill you need when communicating across cultures. Being attuned to other cultures includes reading nonverbals and knowing how high or low the general culture lays on the context spectrum. In low-context cultures, messages are spelled out, communication is verbatim, there's a lot of talking versus silence. You'll see many more visual signs and directions outdoors, and there are pamphlets with lots of instructions. Information seems to be overexplained, and in business settings, manuals are long, agendas are detailed, and documents…
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