Norwegian business culture
Norwegian business culture
23/11/2014 Inga kommentarer till Norwegian business cultureNames in brackets are the dimensions’ (marked in italic) creator.
Communication style
- Neutral (Trompenaars)
- Low-context (Hall)
- Turn-taking
- Might seem as a lack of interest from more emotional cultures
- Non-verbal
- Oculesics
- Direct eye contact
- Haptics
- Brief handshakes
- Kinesics
- Use gestures sparingly
- Proxemics
- Large zone of privacy
- Oculesics
Management style
- Low power distance (Hofstede)
- Egalitarianism
- All is valued equal
- Egalitarianism
- Consultative
- Flat organizational structure
- Maybe too democratic?
- Consensus seeking culture
Attitude to time
- Sequential (Trompenaars)
- Punctuality priorized
- Quickly get down to business
Ethics – right or wrong
- Universal (Trompenaars)
Values – attitude to work
- Feminine (Hofstede)
- Cooperation as important as competition
- Little gender differentiation
Impact of outer influence
- Inner directed (Trompenaars)
Social identity
- Individual and collective interests equally important (Hofstede)
Status
- Achievement-based culture (Trompenaars)
- Jantelagen
- Humility expected
- Jantelagen
Attitude to risk
- Low uncertainty avoidance (Hofstede)
Business orientation
- Deal-focused (Gesteland)
- Introductions not needed
- Possible to approach business partners directly
- Business first
Formality
- Informal (Gesteland)
Attitude to personal space
- Leans towards differentiated/reserved
- Personal space is respected, and so individuals stand well apart from each other when conversing.
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