GMS 724 Final: GMS 724 - Chapter 4 - Communications - Part 2

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 724
• Professor: HOWARD LIN

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Lounge, researchers depended on several non-verbal cues to deduce who was affluent. In most western countries, black is a colour for mourning death; in parts of. It handed out white carnations to its best customers, but white carnations are given in hong kong only in sympathy for a death in the family. Distance: another aspect of silent language is the accustomed distance people maintain during conversations. American counterparts are accustomed to maintain: at the end of the discussion, both parties may well feel uneasy about each other without realizing why. In another country, the concept of punctuality in any of these situations may be different: a latin american host may find it surprising and perhaps discourteous if a. In contrast, people who view time as an event prefer to take as long as necessary to complete the event. Body language: body language, or kinesics---the way people walk, touch and move their bodies--