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Culture variations can affect the way people communicate non-verbally. Actions that are not seen as offensive in your home country may be deemed so in foreign business ventures.Although there are many, the following five are the most important:



Immediacy and expressiveness---These demonstrate availability for communication. High immediacy cultures are called contact cultures, and are mostly located in warm-temperature areas like Arab countries. Low immediacy cultures are low-contact cultures, and are found in cool climates (most North European countries).





Individualism vs. Collectivism---Individualistic cultures are more remote and display less non-verbal communication. Collectivistic cultures stress cohesion as a group, and spend time in close proximity to one another.



Masculinity---Women in low-masculinity cultures show more synchrony in their movement than those in high-masculinity cultures.



Power distance---Research shows that high-power distance cultures tend to be more “untouchable,” tend to be more tense in subordinates’ body movement, tend to smile more for subordinates to appease superiors or to be polite, and tend to be more aware that vocal loudness may be offensive to others.



High and low context---Research has found that people in high context cultures tend to be more implicit in verbal codes, perceive highly verbal persons less attractive, tend to be more reliant on and tuned into non-verbal communication, and expect to have more non-verbal codes in communication.

posted by clement
reference: http://www.cba.uni.edu/buscomm/nonverbal/Culture.htm