How Culture Affects Communication Styles

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For Professor Michele Gelfand, it all comes down to culture. As a cross-cultural psychologist, Gelfand is fascinated by social environments and their effects on human behavior, particularly, how strictly people adhere to social norms.

In this episode (podcast with full transcript), Michele Gelfand explains why social norms are the glue that keeps cultures together.