Cross-Cultural Communication -- Did You Know?

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

"In China, people never use their hands when speaking because
they find it distracting."*

"Silence is considered useful in Japan,
whereas in North America silence is awkward."*

In many Aboriginal cultures in Canada, it is considered silly to speak unless you have something to say.

*Source: Kiss, Bow or Shake: How to do Business in Sixty Countries (1994) By Terri Morison, Wayne Conway and George Borden. Holbrook, Massachussets: Bob Adams Inc.

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

"In China, people never use their hands when speaking because they find it distracting."*

"Silence is considered useful in Japan, whereas in North America silence is awkward."*

In many Aboriginal cultures in Canada, it is considered silly to speak unless you have something to say.

"In China, people never use their hands when speaking because
they find it distracting."*

"Silence is considered useful in Japan,
whereas in North America silence is awkward."*