Question

Yoshihiko Kikuchi, a communication specialist from Japan, was recently hired by a U.S. company to accompany negotiating teams throughout the world. Her specialty is non-verbal communication and her job on these negotiating teams is to carefully observe the behavior of the individuals on the opposing negotiating teams. After the negotiating is completed during the day, she then meets with the team and reports her observations. This situation illustrates the fact that Japan is clearly a __________ culture, while the United States is a __________ culture. Group of answer choices low-context, high-context low-context, polychronic high-context, low-context monochronic, polychronic not enough information to determine

Answer 1

Answer:

high-context low-context,

Explanation:

A high-context culture is a type of cultures that relies on non verbal clues  such as body language, posture and tone.

Cultures considered to be high context cultures are : Asians, Africans, Arabs and Latin Americans

A low-context culture relies on explicit communication and not on non verbal cues.  Culture considered to be low context cultures is United States.

Monochronic cultures carry out one activity at a time.

Polychronic cultures carry out multiple activities at the same time