Management-issues.com has delved into the complex world of cultural relations.
Cross-cultural relationships and projects inevitably take more time, more effort, and more patience. Slowing down often goes against the grain of what we’re (mostly Americans) trying to accomplish.
Some interesting tid-bits: Americans are very impatient as if we didn’t already know, but how impatient are we? A USA Today study found that most North Americans won’t wait in line for more than 15 minutes. Google also tested our patience when they slowed down the speed of search results by four tenths of a second to see what impact it would have. The result was eight million fewer searches a day!