In Belgium, for example, 37.5 is the precise number of hours worked each week, no more and no less. In most other countries, the work week is getting shorter, not longer as it is for us. I. Language Understand the context. Structure of government Americans have an unfortunate tendency to think that everyone else is like them, and should be. Culture Culture is made up of arts, music, literature, customs, laws, and history.
Culture is unwritten but is highly structured.
Culture is the mental software that people will process your communication through. Try to understand their culture, read their literature, listen to their music, etc. In high context, words are not all that you must consider. High context cultures are much better at forming and establishing long-term relationships. In high content, your actual words are all that matter.