Low context culture

predominant culture in the United States incorporates communicating in English, practices Protestant Christian religion, and having European heritage, traits and attribute I do not possess. Therefore, my race is a co-culture. Because of the 'social effects that African Americans a subject to, it has become important to me, to be part of a community who knows the effects that racial discrimination and injustice, can have on a person of color. Generation Another of my co-culture is…

on the formality of the situation, it can represent different registers, including academic writing and legal English. The difference of a context is…

Barriers faced by Hispanics to obtain optimal health Low health literacy is the inability to read, comprehend, and interpret health related data. The tendency to interpret symptoms without obtaining the medical diagnosis or exam may be related to low health literacy, which affects nearly 62% of Hispanics (Coffman, Norton, and Beene, 2011). Low health literacy is associated with inadequate diabetes knowledge, low glycemic control, and increase diabetes complications (Coffman, Norton, and Beene,…

2.0 Evaluation 2.1 Strengths and Limitations Hofstede stated that the cultural dimensions can be used to investigate national preferences. It is able explain the difference in culture different countries using various cultural dimensions. In olden times, there was so little work on culture. Cultural differences among countries were not being concerned as much as current days. International businesses were just adapting themselves to the local environment. In recent times, due to more economies…

Interactions between high and low context cultures can be problematic, which may explain the dissonance between Israel and the UAE. According to authors John Cragan and David Wright (1999) low context cultures are not known for their ability to tolerate or understand diversity, and tend to be more insular. With that being said, the presentation needs to reflect the cultural tendencies of all involved. The primary mistake that we should avoid in multi-cultural business meetings is assuming…

There is a debate on culture uniformity, on one side, theory of convergence support uniformity by providing argument that because of the business around the world is relying more on the technology as it moves to industrialized era, culture would become more similar (Sparrow, Schuler, & Jackson, 1994). On the other side, there is a view about culture divergence means that uniformity is unlikely to take place as the characteristic of culture is unique and dynamic (Kelley & Reeser, 1973; Lincoln,…

This theory posits that different types of comparisons (i.e., comparing the self to some “idealized” form of the self or comparing the self to some “ought-to-be” form of the self) lead to different emotional outcomes (Higgins, 1987). These emotional outcomes include two separate classes of emotion: agitation-based and dejection-based feelings (Higgins, 1987). Each class of emotion requires different organizational or managerial reactions in order to dissipate (discussed in detail later; Higgins,…

comes from an assessment of time which shows that monochromic cultures have a linear time while polychromic cultures are doing many things at once, therefore, the time is spend doing many things at once. Canada happens to be a monochromic culture because they tend to focus on their work, follow a specific timeline, and get things done even if it means having a short term success. India, on the other hand, is a more polychromic culture because they like to do multiple things at once, are…

The major differences between the two types of context cultural conflicts is the realm in which they exist. High Context Cultural conflict place a heavy significance on the group. If one is a deviant it is because they did not meet the group’s expectations, not personal expectations set by the superior. Noting, that there is a cultural standard carried out by the group and sustained by the group. The Low Context Culture conflict exists because the superior or higher power does not approve of the…

Introduction There are various groups of individuals who are stigmatized by culture. These groups can be stigmatized by disease, religion, or race to name a few. Understanding these groups better helps maximize the care they receive in the hospitals and how they are treated as human beings. One of the more popular stigmas present in the healthcare field is impaired vision. This is a problem that affects millions of people in the U.S each year. It might not seem as extreme as the some of the…