This document presents the Lewis model of cultural types which categorizes countries into three types - linear-active, multi-active, and reactive - based on their communication and decision-making styles. Linear-active cultures like Germany and Switzerland are cool, factual, and decisive. Multi-active cultures like Italy and Spain are warm, emotional, loquacious, and impulsive. Reactive cultures such as Vietnam and China are courteous, amiable, accommodating, compromise seekers, and good listeners.
This document presents the Lewis model of cultural types which categorizes countries into three types - linear-active, multi-active, and reactive - based on their communication and decision-making styles. Linear-active cultures like Germany and Switzerland are cool, factual, and decisive. Multi-active cultures like Italy and Spain are warm, emotional, loquacious, and impulsive. Reactive cultures such as Vietnam and China are courteous, amiable, accommodating, compromise seekers, and good listeners.
This document presents the Lewis model of cultural types which categorizes countries into three types - linear-active, multi-active, and reactive - based on their communication and decision-making styles. Linear-active cultures like Germany and Switzerland are cool, factual, and decisive. Multi-active cultures like Italy and Spain are warm, emotional, loquacious, and impulsive. Reactive cultures such as Vietnam and China are courteous, amiable, accommodating, compromise seekers, and good listeners.
This document presents the Lewis model of cultural types which categorizes countries into three types - linear-active, multi-active, and reactive - based on their communication and decision-making styles. Linear-active cultures like Germany and Switzerland are cool, factual, and decisive. Multi-active cultures like Italy and Spain are warm, emotional, loquacious, and impulsive. Reactive cultures such as Vietnam and China are courteous, amiable, accommodating, compromise seekers, and good listeners.
Brazil, Venezuela ACTIVE Peru, Bolivia Linear-active, milti-active, Portugal, Greece Angola, Nigeria Chile, Algeria Sudan, Senegal reactive variations
Russia, Slovakia Saudi Arabia
Croatia, Romania Iraq, U.A.E.
France, Poland Bulgaria
Hungary, Lithuania Turkey, Iran
Belgium, Israel India
South Africa Key: Pakistan
Denmark, Ireland blue = linear-active - cool, factual Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia decisive planners Philippines Netherlands, Austria red = multi-active - warm, emotional, Korea Czech Republic loquacious, impulsive Thailand Slovenia yellow = reactive - courteous, amiable, accommodating, compromiser, China USA, Norway good listener Germany LINEAR- Switzerland REACTIVE Vietnam ACTIVE Luxembourg U.K. Sweden Finland Canada Singapore Taiwan Japan Latvia Estonia Hong Kong