Question

Which culture do communicators with the following qualities belong to?

HC (High Context Culture) or LC (Low Context Culture)?

	Features
1	Assume listeners know little and must be told everything directly
2	Value independence, initiative, and self-assertion
3	Analyze meanings and attach face value to words
4	Avoid confrontation, anger, and emotion in business transactions
5	Value relationships, harmony, status, and saving face
6	Value getting down to business and achieving results
7	Keep business and social relationships separate
8	Intermix business and social relationships
9	Value competence regardless of position or status
10	Rely on facts, data, and logic.

Answer 1

1. Elements of Low context culture

(i) Assume listeners know little and must be told everything directly

(ii)Value independence, initiative, and self-assertion

(iii) Value getting down to business and achieving results

(iv) Keep business and social relationships separate

(v) Value competence regardless of position or status

(vi) Rely on facts, data, and logic.

(vii) Analyze meanings and attach face value to words

2. Elements of High context culture
(i) Avoid confrontation, anger, and emotion in business transactions

(ii) Intermix business and social relationships

(iii) Value relationships, harmony, status, and saving face.