People in low-context cultures such as America tend to be more confrontational and direct attitude toward conflicts; people in high-context cultures such as China tend to be more non-confrontational and indirect attitude toward conflicts (Ting-Toomey, 2012). Therefore, they believe that certain degree of disagreement will help them solve the problems and provide the needs for other people. Ting-Toomey (2006) examined why Americans tend to be more confrontational and direct attitude when dealing with conflict than Chinese people. Americans are more likely to hold the person accountable for the conflict. Thus, American people have higher concern for self and lower concern for others which leads to low degree to incorporate the other’s conflict interest. Americans value individual goals and needs over the responsibilities and obligations of the group, so they may use direct behavior to achieve their own goals and ignore the needs of others.
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Chinese people tend to be are more silent, uses ambiguous language and non-verbal cues in conflict situations (Ting-Toomey, 2012) Ting-Toomey wrote that Chinese communication style emphasizes that the message is passed indirectly to other people so they are less likely to have conflicts than American people and they tend to choose a non-confrontational style in dealing with conflict, while American people tend to select direct communication styles. Besides, Chinese people are more likely to seek to third party help to solve the conflict problem. They highly pay attention to interpersonal relationships. Therefore, they are more likely to avoid having conflict with others in order to maintain a harmonious relationship. For example, if a Chinese wants to tell you that he disagrees with you, he will choose to give you some non-verbal cues to express his ideas and
Chinese people tend to be are more silent, uses ambiguous language and non-verbal cues in conflict situations (Ting-Toomey, 2012) Ting-Toomey wrote that Chinese communication style emphasizes that the message is passed indirectly to other people so they are less likely to have conflicts than American people and they tend to choose a non-confrontational style in dealing with conflict, while American people tend to select direct communication styles. Besides, Chinese people are more likely to seek to third party help to solve the conflict problem. They highly pay attention to interpersonal relationships. Therefore, they are more likely to avoid having conflict with others in order to maintain a harmonious relationship. For example, if a Chinese wants to tell you that he disagrees with you, he will choose to give you some non-verbal cues to express his ideas and