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| Marginalized group attempts to fit in w/ the dominant group. |
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| Marginalized group manages to keep co-cultural identiy while striking for positive relationships with the dominant culture. |
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| The marginalized group relates as exclusively as possible with its own group and as little as possible with the dominant group. |
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| A group that exists within a larger, dominant culture but differs from the dominant culture in some significant characteristic. |
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| the belief that your own group or culture is superior to other groups or cultures. |
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| the belief that another culture should be judged by its own context rather than measured against your culture |
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| Cultures that value the group over the individual. |
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| Cultures that value the group over the individual. |
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| low-context cultures (LC) |
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| Cultures like the United States and Scandinavia, in which communication tends to be centered on the source, with intentions stated overtly and with a direct verbal style. |
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| high-context cultures (HC) |
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| Cultures like those of the Asian Pacific Rim and Central and South America, in which much of the meaning is "preprogrammed information" understood by the receiver and transmitted also by the setting in which the transaction occurs. |
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| uncertainty-accepting cultures |
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| Cultures that tolerate ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity. |
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| uncertainty-rejecting cultures |
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| Cultures that have difficulty with ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity. |
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| A culture in which information and cultural rules are implied and already known to the participants. |
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| A culture in which information, policies, procedures, and expectations are explicit. |
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| The monochronic time schedule, which compartmentalizes time to meet personal needs, separates task and social dimensions, and points to the future. |
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| The polychronic time schedule, which views time as "contextually based and relationally oriented. |
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| Being self-aware and learning from interactions with the intent of improving future interactions. |
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