Thanks to
globalization, people are increasingly working with people from the other side of the world from
different cultures and ways of life. It is not simply language barriers that one has to consider
in such circumstancesbreakdowns in intercultural communication are becoming increasingly
commonplace.
Timing is a great example of something that could cause an
intercultural operational conflict. African people are famous for operating on what is called
"African time," which essentially means that being 20 minutes late for a meeting is
nothing out of the ordinary. Additionally, one has to consider the use of phrases
to...
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