Cultural Analysis of Italy
Culture is a key indicator of who we are. It shapes and differentiates us. Culture defines us as various beings with the differences of traditional that can be found in our beliefs, customs, values, and morals. These differences allow us to distinguish ourselves from other societies or groups. From birth, culture is ingrained deep within us as we learn the behaviors that are the accepted norm. Italy is considered a birthplace of the Western Culture. The field of vision of Italian on life is partly due to the history that has been characterized by constant warring between groups and many changes of dominator. Hence, in order to understand a country culture, Hofstede’s cultural dimension theory can be used to explain …show more content…
Individualism is the degree to which individuals are mixed into groups. Basically, individualism is more responsible for themselves and their family only. In the other hand, collectivism is the culture of which people are born in group. Italy is considered as individualism country because Italians are very family oriented and take care of their family. The index scoring of individualism of Italy is 76 over 120, which is 63%. They are not just concern of their immediate family, but also uncles and aunties. Grandparents play a significant role in their children's life. The cultures of individualistic are more focus on attaining personal goals. Thus, as the individualism country, education is important to Italy. The children and students of Italy have to be more competitive and aggressive in order to attaining their own goals. They also encourage children with personal opinion to become more independent because this will guide them for a successful life. Other than that, privacy and human rights are essential to Italians. Employees and employers are committed to contracts which indicate the human rights, however there is law that people can get laid …show more content…
Italy has both of the features of low and high-context culture. This is because the Northern Italy and Southern Italy don’t have the same region. The north Italy is more on high context oriented while the south Italy is more on low context oriented. The interaction between individuals in Northern Italy is highly use of nonverbal elements such as gestures, facial expression, voice tone, and eye movement plays an important role in a conversation. They outlook the communication as a part of art and define the communication as the way of engaging people. Thus, the verbal message of high-context culture is implicit than low-context culture. As a result of it, the north Italy place the verbal communication is important than words. In contrast, as the low-context culture in south Italy, communication is a way of exchanging opinions, idea, messages, and information. The verbal message is explicit and direct because the context is spells out exactly. Even Italy has the vary culture across the regions, but both Northern and Southern Italians are sharing the love for their country and their unique
Culture is a key indicator of who we are. It shapes and differentiates us. Culture defines us as various beings with the differences of traditional that can be found in our beliefs, customs, values, and morals. These differences allow us to distinguish ourselves from other societies or groups. From birth, culture is ingrained deep within us as we learn the behaviors that are the accepted norm. Italy is considered a birthplace of the Western Culture. The field of vision of Italian on life is partly due to the history that has been characterized by constant warring between groups and many changes of dominator. Hence, in order to understand a country culture, Hofstede’s cultural dimension theory can be used to explain …show more content…
Individualism is the degree to which individuals are mixed into groups. Basically, individualism is more responsible for themselves and their family only. In the other hand, collectivism is the culture of which people are born in group. Italy is considered as individualism country because Italians are very family oriented and take care of their family. The index scoring of individualism of Italy is 76 over 120, which is 63%. They are not just concern of their immediate family, but also uncles and aunties. Grandparents play a significant role in their children's life. The cultures of individualistic are more focus on attaining personal goals. Thus, as the individualism country, education is important to Italy. The children and students of Italy have to be more competitive and aggressive in order to attaining their own goals. They also encourage children with personal opinion to become more independent because this will guide them for a successful life. Other than that, privacy and human rights are essential to Italians. Employees and employers are committed to contracts which indicate the human rights, however there is law that people can get laid …show more content…
Italy has both of the features of low and high-context culture. This is because the Northern Italy and Southern Italy don’t have the same region. The north Italy is more on high context oriented while the south Italy is more on low context oriented. The interaction between individuals in Northern Italy is highly use of nonverbal elements such as gestures, facial expression, voice tone, and eye movement plays an important role in a conversation. They outlook the communication as a part of art and define the communication as the way of engaging people. Thus, the verbal message of high-context culture is implicit than low-context culture. As a result of it, the north Italy place the verbal communication is important than words. In contrast, as the low-context culture in south Italy, communication is a way of exchanging opinions, idea, messages, and information. The verbal message is explicit and direct because the context is spells out exactly. Even Italy has the vary culture across the regions, but both Northern and Southern Italians are sharing the love for their country and their unique