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While part of a multicultural work group, Fatima, who is Arab, feels teammate Jarrod, who is American, is too blunt when expressing his opinion. Jarrod, for his part, feels Fatima is evasive and unassertive. These people are encountering value differences primarily associated with ____________.

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Answer:These people are encountering value differences primarily associated with LOW AND HIGH CONTEXT CULTURES

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High and low context cultures

In the high context cukture communication is mostly dependent on context whilst in low context cultures it is dependent on using words to communicate or verbal communications.

High-context cultures strongly believe in interpersonal relationships and they establish these relationships since from when they are young. In low context cultures independence is valued when people develop their individual path at an early age.

Families of high-context cultures builds family relationships which last for a life time due to these relationships everyone knows how to communicate without being told , the rules of communication are imparted to the young ones. Asian countries, African countries and some part of countries in South America have high context families.

Jarod is from a low context culture where verbal communication is encouraged whilst Fatima is from high context culture where communication is dependent on context which result to these differences in the way they communicate.

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