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My Cultural Dimensions: Guyana

Time Orientation, My culture is Polychronic. Monochronic ........................................................................................................................................................ Polychronic Impact on how I communicate? Provide examples: polychronic - multicultural Respect for tradition, preservation of ‘face,’ and personal steadiness and stability are important factors, and the connection of the past with the current and future actions and challenges is important. Guyana has more features of a short-term-orientation society.

Identity, My culture is collectivistic. Individualistic .................................................................................................................................................... Collectivistic Impact on how I communicate? Provide examples: Guyana is generally a collectivist society; however, some aspects of the society are shifting to more of an individualist culture. grouping involved religious/cultural events everyone participates town realize on each other

Power Distance/Hierarchy, My culture is low power. High Power .......................................................................................................................................................... Low Power Impact on how I communicate? Provide examples: have the resource just not to manage or maintain it low currency low population no safety

poor law enforcement and authority (buying over police officers) good in rice, lumbar, gold, farming, mining, don’t have the money to invest into transporting/trading with other countries

Communication Context, My culture is low context/direct. Low Context/Direct .............................................................................................................................. High Context/Indirect Impact on how I communicate? Provide examples: Low-context messages are direct and explicit with meaning simply conveyed verbally. The official language of Guyana is English, introduced in colonial times by the dominant British culture. Guyanese culture utilizes lowcontext communication as demonstrated by their direct and even blunt speech, at times

Radio television poster drive over giving announcements

Uncertainty Avoidance, My culture is low Low-Uncertainty ......................................................................................................................................... High Uncertainty Impact on how I communicate? Provide examples: Guyana in my view has more of a low or weak uncertainty avoidance culture; nevertheless, I do believe that there is need to be more definitive and for less ambiguity in areas such as the judiciary....