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- 3. HOW ARE YOU? FINE, THANK YOU! It does not matter what your internship location is, the partners you will collaborate with, or the roles you will hold; Regardless of the nationalities present in your team, your status or your knowledge, it is undeniable that communication will play a leading role in your intercultural experience. Your ability to build respectful professional and interpersonal relationships, to develop positive collaboration or to make meaningful gestures for your internship environment, will inevitably involve communication.
- 5. Culture has a huge impact on communication styles. Also, we propose to explore one of the cultural dimensions that plays a decisive role on communication! The COLLECTIVIST-INDIVIDUALIST dimension This dimension has been explored by Geert Hofstede as part of his research. To learn more about the researcher and their comparison model of cultures, see the links on your tablet: THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON COMMUNICATION STYLES
- 6. These descriptions represent the poles of a continuum along which the different societies and national cultures are situated. The same goes for the persons.
- 8. How does this dimension influence communication styles? It seems that the more a society places importance on relationships, group membership and harmony within the group, the more it tends to use so-called "indirect" communication styles. These styles will help protect established relationships. Also, it is the strong links established between these people that allow them, among other things, to be much less explicit and rely more on the context and shared referents to communicate a message, what is called “high-context” cultures. On the other hand, in societies where persons do not evolve in very strong groups of membership, where people rather live independent lives, the shared experiences are fewer and less common-sense, which leads the need for use more direct messages to communicate. Also, this style of communication, which relies less on context and shared referents, but more on words, is often associated with so-called “low-context” cultures, often associated with more individualistic societies. Edward T. Hall is an American anthropologist and researcher in intercultural (1914- 2009). He is at the origin of notions of "high" and "low" context.
- 10. Using an intermediary person to pass certain messages that could hurt the relation with the interlocutor. Maintaining a harmonious relationship guides my message. Yes means yes. Good communication goes straight to the point.
- 11. Are you more direct or indirect? Are you sure? How is your style perceived? Indirect Direct This article could interest you
- 12. These elements are tracks for observation purposes, but also for discussions with your partners! To see…
- 13. True or false! Complete and discuss these statements with another student / partner. The smile is universal and is always associated with joy and pleasure. If a team member does not speak in a meeting, he or she is embarrassed or has no opinion on the subject. We can say "thank you" without speaking. When someone is angry, it's obvious! Who does not say a word agrees! Looking in the eyes is a sign of openness and honesty.