Conflict at work is often due to a person’s feeling defensive out of a fear of losing face. To prove himself he sets certain goals for how others should treat him, and then expects rigidly that others will fulfill those expectations. This rarely happens as planned, however, because others also have an agenda for their own rigid goals to be

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There are a few key myths in intercultural communication which are valuable to understand:

1. Myth: We’re Really All the Same: Although we share a common human nature and need for survival, due to culture individuals have fundamentally different ways of perceiving themselves, the world and their actions within it.


2. Myth: I Just Need to Be Myself in

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