Culture and Communication Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory is a framework for cross-cultural communication. It explains the effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior. According to the theory, it is challenging when having effective communication with people of different culture. The way of thinking, seeing, hearing, and interpreting the world is provided by people in various cultures. Although they talk the "same" language, the same words can mean different things to people from different cultures. When the languages are different, and translation has to be used to communicate, the possible misunderstandings arises. Hence,
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In addition, they don’t give much importance on being a part of a group, they prefer to make judgement based on individual needs and everyone has a right to private life(“Hofstede Individualism Traits,” n.d.). For example, Australian expect self reliance. In 1976, people in Australia used the concept of self-reliance into defence policy. “Defence 2000 states that Australia would not hesitate to seek help from her allies and would plan for a significant degree of support in non-combat areas”(Caldwell, n.d.). It demonstrates that Aussie prefers to believe on their own authority and resources rather than trusting other. On the contrary, Mexican are the lowest individualism or collectivism meaning they are consigned to their relationships, especially with family, extended family and in-group members. Moreover, they love socialization and conversation, get along very well with others, and always interested in and happy to meet new people(“Let´s talk about the Mexican culture,” 2013) For example, Mexican association believe that the extended family is as significant as the direct family since it gives a sense of consistency. Another example is Mexican society is trust other people in group’s opinion and always help each other in group work. According to two individualism above, it shows that …show more content…
It is indicated that Mexican has high power distance index and low individualism or collectivism which are different from Australia. For the different style of communication, Mexican concentrate on indirectness which Australian take place in directness. By difference supposition, it is able to create problems to people who do not know culture of their colleagues. To avoid misunderstanding situation, learning another culture is significant way to understand and acquire more effective
In addition, they don’t give much importance on being a part of a group, they prefer to make judgement based on individual needs and everyone has a right to private life(“Hofstede Individualism Traits,” n.d.). For example, Australian expect self reliance. In 1976, people in Australia used the concept of self-reliance into defence policy. “Defence 2000 states that Australia would not hesitate to seek help from her allies and would plan for a significant degree of support in non-combat areas”(Caldwell, n.d.). It demonstrates that Aussie prefers to believe on their own authority and resources rather than trusting other. On the contrary, Mexican are the lowest individualism or collectivism meaning they are consigned to their relationships, especially with family, extended family and in-group members. Moreover, they love socialization and conversation, get along very well with others, and always interested in and happy to meet new people(“Let´s talk about the Mexican culture,” 2013) For example, Mexican association believe that the extended family is as significant as the direct family since it gives a sense of consistency. Another example is Mexican society is trust other people in group’s opinion and always help each other in group work. According to two individualism above, it shows that …show more content…
It is indicated that Mexican has high power distance index and low individualism or collectivism which are different from Australia. For the different style of communication, Mexican concentrate on indirectness which Australian take place in directness. By difference supposition, it is able to create problems to people who do not know culture of their colleagues. To avoid misunderstanding situation, learning another culture is significant way to understand and acquire more effective