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1、NonverbalBehaviorsinDifferentCulturesKeyediterraneancountries,peopleareaccustomedtoglancingatmunicationpartners,insteadofstaring,en.TheJapanesearetaughttolookattheneckbecauseitisrudetostareatothers’faces.Theyconsiderprolongedeyecontactextremelyimpolite,threateningandd
2、isrespectful.InIndonesiaandCaribbeancultures,peopleavoideyecontacttoshocountries,eyecontactbetenandmenisagainstconventions.II.SmilePhysiologically,theactionofsmilingmakesoneselfhappy;psychologically,smilingpleasesothersbesidesoneself.Theseexplainiles.Houlus,theamount,
3、theoccasionandeventheimplicationofsmilingareculturallybound.anypeopletakeitforgrantedthattheycandependongesturestomunicateiflanguagefails.Butafterdecadesofresearchinvolvingeightydifferentcultures,expertsconcludethat“nogesturehasthesamemeaninginallsocieties.Themeaninge
4、venshiftsfromregiontoregionedbandindexfingeroney”inJapanandS.Korea,“I.InMexico,GermanyandSouthernItaly,itisobscene.Thesignof“thumbup”isequallypopularandculture–based.IfyouthumbuptoaGreek,hepup”asavulgarinsult;toanAmericanoraecountries,Imadeaquestionnaireamongmyoversea
5、sstudents.Allthestudentsarethequestionnaireareconvincing.Theiransmonsomeonetoe,ourhandiscupped,palmingdoovingto.TheAmericanstudents:ovetowardhis/herbody.ThePhilippinestudents:ismunicationthetethatmanyatimehisappointments.ProximicsItreferstotheperceptionanduseofspace,i
6、nvolvingthingssuchasspatialarrangementandpersonalspace.Itcontainsenormousculturalimplications.Draentasanexample.Asericanculture,individualismisofparamountvalue.Theuniquenessofeachindividual,privacyandpetitionarestressed.Theseculturalpatternsexertcontrollinginfluenceon
7、Americanofficelayout:Thesizeofyourofficedependsonyourrankinthepany.Thehigherrank,thebiggeroffice.Moreimportantofficesareusuallylocatedatthecornersofbuildingsandontheupperfloor.Executivesuitesinedbytheirmunalculture),firmsseeprivateofficesas“inappropriateandinefficient
8、”Theyanydeskshierarchicallyinthecenterofalarge,monroomabsentofanagersarepositionednearesttheonareas.Leadersstayinginhisoffic
