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What's Your Cultural Profile?

Hawthorne

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This was super interesting! Culture of relevance was USA. Compared to the average, I scored:

Communicating Low-context - High-context
Norm: 0.45/15
Me: 8/15

Evaluating Direct negative feedback - Indirect negative feedback
Norm: 6.75/15
Me: 12/15

Persuading Principles-first - Applications-first
Norm: 14.25/15
Me: 6/15

Leading Egalitarian - Hierarchical
Norm: 3.6/15
Me: 7/15

Deciding Consensual - Top-down
Norm: 9.6/15
Me: 8/15

Trusting Task-based - Relationship-based
Norm: 0.45/15
Me: 3/15

Disagreeing Confrontational - Avoids confrontation
Norm: 6.6/15
Me: 11/15

Scheduling Linear time - Flexible time
Norm: 3.3/15
Me: 11/15

The only thing I wish this quiz included was a "what culture are you most similar too" approximation.
 
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Yama

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You selected USA as your nationality. Observe where you fall on each of the eight scales:

Communicating Low-context - High-context
Norm: 0.45/15
Me: 7/15

Evaluating Direct negative feedback - Indirect negative feedback
Norm: 6.75/15
Me: 12/15

Persuading Principles-first - Applications-first
Norm: 14.25/15
Me: 7/15

Leading Egalitarian - Hierarchical
Norm: 3.6/15
Me: 11/15

Deciding Consensual - Top-down
Norm: 9.6/15
Me: 8/15

Trusting Task-based - Relationship-based
Norm: 0.45/15
Me: 6/15

Disagreeing Confrontational - Avoids confrontation
Norm: 6.6/15
Me: 10/15

Scheduling Linear time - Flexible time
Norm: 3.3/15
Me: 7/15
 

Thalassa

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Communicating: extremely low context, concrete, face value like Germany, US, Netherlands

Evaluating: surprisingly extremely low in direct feedback - indirect like Mexicans (or sarcastic English people?)

Persuading: application first like English and American people (more about how things actually work, than principles)

Leading: more egalitarian like Scandinavia and Israel (everyone has a word, true democracy)


Deciding: though in decision making I trust experts, like Americans

Trust: my trust is task/work based like American, UK, Germany - we practically work well together, therefore I trust you more than someone I laughed with

Disagreement - again, very surprisingly, I take a dim view of public disagreement, like Asians, and prefer private argument or see it as non-productive (Japan, Thailand)
 

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Communicating: Low-context - High-context
Norm: 0.45/15
Me: 8/15

Evaluating: Direct negative feedback - Indirect negative feedback
Norm: 6.75/15
Me: 10/15

Persuading: Principles-first - Applications-first
Norm: 14.25/15
Me: 8/15

Leading: Egalitarian - Hierarchical
Norm: 3.6/15
Me: 6/15

Deciding: Consensual - Top-down
Norm: 9.6/15
Me: 8/15

Trusting: Task-based - Relationship-based
Norm: 0.45/15
Me: 10/15

Disagreeing: Confrontational - Avoids confrontation
Norm: 6.6/15
Me: 9/15

Scheduling: Linear time - Flexible time
Norm: 3.3/15
Me: 10/15
 

Olm the Water King

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No norm cause they didn't do my country.

Communicating: 10
Evaluating: 13
Persuading: 7
Leading: 7
Deciding: 9
Trusting: 11
Disagreeing: 10
Scheduling: 9
 

Kas

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I found that very interesting and suprisingly accurate about the nation norm.

Communicating Low-context - High-context
Norm: 6.3/15 low context
Me: 15/15 high context
(oh dear)

Evaluating Direct negative feedback - Indirect negative feedback
Norm: 3.9/15 direct negative feedback
Me: 9/15 indirect negative feedback

Persuading Principles-first - Applications-first
Norm: 5.4/15 principles first
Me: 6/15 principles first

Leading Egalitarian - Hierarchical
Norm: 11.4/15 hierarchical
Me: 6/15 egalitarian

Deciding Consensual - Top-down
Norm: 11.4/15 top-down
Me: 11/15 top-down

Trusting Task-based - Relationship-based
Norm: 6.3/15 task-based
Me: 13/15 relationship-based

Disagreeing Confrontational - Avoids confrontation
Norm: 3.9/15 cofrontational
Me: 6/15 confrontational

Scheduling Linear time - Flexible time
Norm: 6/15 scheduling
Me: 10/15 flexible
 

entropie

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Oh gosh, I am not your typical german:

Communication: 9 towards high-context (Norm: 3.6)
Evaluation: 10 towards indirect negative feedback (Norm: 1.2)
Persuasion: 10 towards Applications-First (Norm: 3.3)
Leading: 6 towards egalitarian (Norm: 9.35)
Deciding: 8 towards top-down (Norm 4.2)
Trusting: 10 towards relationship-based (Norm: 3)
Disagreeing: 8 towards avoids-confrontation (Norm: 1.35)
Scheduling: 8 towards flexible time (Norm: 0.45)

Except for scheduling I agree with everything for me and the rest of the country. I pride myself in punctuality and have a good repuation for it. :)
 

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Wtf I'm extremely different from American society. :boohoo:

I'm not American. :(
 

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AhAh dont let yourself be persuaded from chocolate by old man ! That will only get you laid and unhappy :)

I could settle with that temporarily. (has a bar of chocolate actually)
 

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My result anyway:

You selected USA as your nationality. Observe where you fall on each of the eight scales:

Communicating. This scale measures the degree to which a culture prefers low- or high-context communication, a metric developed by anthropologist Edward Hall. In low-context cultures (such as the U.S., Germany, and the Netherlands), good communication is precise, simple, and explicit. Messages are expressed and understood at face value. Repetition and written confirmation are appreciated, for clarity’s sake. In high-context cultures (such as China, India, and France), communication is sophisticated, nuanced, and layered. Reading between the lines is expected. Less is put in writing, and more is left to interpretation.

USA: 0.45/15
Me: 5/15 +4.55

Evaluating. Often confused with the Communicating scale, Evaluating measures something distinct: the relative preference for direct versus indirect criticism. The French, for example, are high-context communicators relative to Americans yet are much more direct with negative feedback. Spaniards and Mexicans are equally high-context communicators, but the Spanish are much more direct than Mexicans when it comes to giving negative feedback.

USA: 6.75/15
Me: 12/15 +5.25

Persuading. This scale measures preference for principles-first versus applications-first arguments (sometimes described as deductive versus inductive reasoning). People from Germanic and southern European cultures usually find it more persuasive to lay out generally accepted principles before presenting an opinion or making a statement; American and British managers typically lead with opinions or factual observations, adding concepts later to explain as necessary.

USA: 14.25/15
Me: 6/15 -8.25

Leading. This scale gauges the degree of respect and deference shown to authority figures, on a spectrum between the egalitarian and the hierarchical. The former camp includes Scandinavia and Israel, whereas China, Russia, Nigeria, and Japan are more hierarchical. The metric builds on the concept of power distance, first researched by Geert Hofstede, who conducted 100,000 management surveys at IBM in the 1970s, and later researched by Robert House and Mansour Javidan in their GLOBE Study of 62 Societies.

USA: 3.6/15
Me: 6/15 +2.40

Deciding. We often assume that the most egalitarian cultures in the world are also the most consensual, and that the most hierarchical ones are those where the boss makes top-down decisions. That’s not always the case. The Japanese are strongly hierarchical but have one of the most consensual cultures in the world. Germans are more hierarchical than Americans but also more likely to make decisions through group consensus. This scale explores differences between building group agreement and relying on one person (usually the boss) to make decisions.

USA: 9.6/15
Me: 11/15 +1.40

Trusting. This scale balances task-based trust (from the head) with relationship-based trust (from the heart). In a task-based culture, such as the United States, the UK, or Germany, trust is built through work: We collaborate well, we like each other’s work, and we are fond of each other—so I trust you. In a relationship-based society, such as Brazil, China, or India, trust is built by weaving personal, affective connections: We have laughed together, have shared time relaxing together, and have come to know each other at a deep, personal level—so I trust you. Many scholars, such as Roy Chua and Michael Morris, have researched this topic.

USA: 0.45/15
Me: 12/15 +11.55

Disagreeing. Everyone knows that a little confrontation is healthy, right? The recent U.S. business literature certainly confirms that viewpoint, but different cultures have varying ideas about how productive it is. People in Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand view the public airing of disagreement very dimly, whereas those in Germany, France, and the Netherlands are quite comfortable with it. This scale measures how you view confrontation—whether you feel it is likely to improve group dynamics or to harm relationships within a team.

USA: 6.6/15
Me: 7/15 +0.40

Scheduling. All businesses follow timetables, but in India, Brazil, and Italy, people treat a schedule as a suggestion. In Switzerland, Germany, and the U.S., people typically stick to the plan. This scale measures whether you view time as linear or flexible, depending on how much value you place on structure or adaptability. It is based on the monochronic/polychronic distinction formalized by Edward Hall.

USA: 3.3/15
Me: 7/15 +3.70
 

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Communicating
Norm: 0.45
Me: 9

Evaluating
Norm: 6.75
Me: 11

Persuading
Norm: 14.25
Me: 9

Leading
Norm: 3.6
Me: 9

Deciding
Norm: 9.6
Me: 6

Trusting
Norm: 0.45
Me: 14

Disagreeing
Norm: 6.6
Me: 12

Scheduling
Norm: 3.3
Me: 10
 

NAPSTABLOOK22

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Communicating: 10/15
(Norm: 0.45/15)

Evaluating: 4/15
(Norm: 6.75/15)

Persuading: 8/15
(Norm: 14.25/15)

Leading: 10/15
(Norm: 3.6/15)

Deciding: 11/15
(Norm: 9.6/15)

Trusting: 5/15
(Norm: 0.45/15)

Disagreeing: 12/15
(Norm: 6.6/15)

Scheduling: 7/15
(Norm: 3.3/15)
 
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