Hofstede dimensions low / high context

Low context (LC) / High context (HC)

In general

Context defined itself with different kind of communication skills like body gestures, physical distance between the dialogists, the tone of voice, geographic place of communication, social norms and other external factors.

High- context cultures indicate primary importance to the stimuli surrounding a message and after that to the message itself. In HC is a lot of read- between-the-lines.

Low context	High context
Dialog	Monolog
direct	Indirect
Talk	Listen
Feedback	Feedback
Think aloud	Result
Interruptions	Interruptions
Questions	No Questions
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The HC / LC level of Finland

On a scale from 1 (LC) to 10 (HC) Finland is on 7 in my opinion. People seem to talk in monologs and don’t interrupt each other. Furthermore they look like they prefer not to talk to too many other persons. Moreover Finns prefer to just take care of themselves and their immediate families only