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... Verbal Direct Communication: Spaniards generally have a direct communication style. They tend to speak very openly and are comfortable showing emotion. This can give some foreigners from more reserved cultures the impression that Spaniards ...

... Migration History The island of Timor is approximately 700km northwest of Darwin, making Timor-Leste one of Australia’s closest neighbours.132 This proximity has played an important role in the close links and shared history between the tw ...

... Family is the foundation of support for most Papua New Guineans. Expectations of duty, respect and reciprocity inform the interactions among family members. In the villages, households are generally made up of the nuclear family and sometimes the husband’s ...

... Ethiopia has a long historical and cultural connection to both Christianity and Islam. Roughly two-thirds of the Ethiopian population identifies as Christian and one-third is Muslim. According to the most recent available ...

... The first known Chilean to arrive in Australia was the former President of Chile, General Ramon Freire, who came in 1838 as a political exile.1 The number of Chilean migrants to Australia remained small up until the late 1960s. Economic and political uncer ...

... Naming Conventions The history of Portuguese colonisation has led East Timorese naming conventions to be heavily influenced by both Portuguese practices. Moreover, the Tetum language and the country as a whole have undergone a series of rapid political, cu ...

... Do’s A welcomed topic of discussion is one’s occupation. Inquiring into the type of work one does is quite a good icebreaker. Be sensitive to maintain the ‘face’ of yourself and your Thai counterpart. To do so, avoid embarrassing someone by criticising or ...

... People from the region of present-day Israel have been settling in Australia since the 19th century. Australia first recorded immigrants from Israel in the 1954 census. However, Israeli migration patterns in subsequent decades are often ha ...

... The Hungarian community has been present in Australia since colonial times. During the pre-WWI period, there were few Hungarians who selected Australia as their destination. Many were Hungarian officers and ex-soldiers who ...

... The most common greeting is a verbal greeting followed by a handshake. People are expected to take the time to greet and shake hands with everyone present. For example, if you enter a room with ten people, it is expected one greets each person individually ...