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Online international communications with interns
Members from different cultures communicate in different ways based on their cultural background. For example the particularities of law context / high context cultures have been a part of academic study for years. Has anyone had any interesting situations resulting from communicating online with an intern from another culture? I read online example of such cases. For example in a conversation between person A and person B, person B told person A at the end of the conversation that he "he will call him right back". Person A went back to his office and waited for 15 minutes for a call that never came. He then called person B and asked him why he didn't call. Person B stated that he never intended to call and "call him right back" is just an expression used in country to signal he will contact him about the same topic in the future. Have you encountered such situations with interns from other countries?
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Randolph
Not with interns in our company. But I remember that in the 90s we sent interns to the UK. When we met with the people from the host organisation, we were asked why those interns talk so much about health and wellness. We found out, that some interns falsely interpreted simple expressions like "How are you?" or "How are things going?" as invitations to talk about their current health status. It was quite funny, because the interns on the other hand wondered why British people are so interested in the health of people.
Il y a 4 ans
Iris Bos
Yes, this is the low context/ high context difference in communication. People in low context cultures will take thinks literally and will answer questions such as "how are you" as if it was a serious question and not just a polite conversation starter.
Il y a 4 ans
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