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Cultural messages, simply, are what everyone in a group knows that outsiders do not know. They are a series of lenses that shape our perceptions, interpretations, boundaries, and values. Users: Anyone involved in a cross-cultural conflict. This includes not only people from different countries, but also people from different gender, age, ethnic, religious, regional, even different professional groups. (One might speak of the engineering culture or the business culture, for example.) Description: Culture is an essential part of conflict and conflict resolution. Culture is a powerful and often unconscious influence on our perceptions and our behavior. How Cultures Work Cultures are a shifting, dynamic set of starting points that orient us in particular ways. Everyone has multiple cultures that dictate what is considered "normal." When others do not meet our expectations, it is often a cue that their culture is different. We may mistake differences for evidence of bad faith or lack of common sense, without realizing that "common sense" is cultural. What is common sense to one group may be counterintuitive (or even stupid or evil) to another Some implications of the cultural dimensions of conflict include the following: 1. Cultural generalizations (beliefs, for instance, that Americans are loud or that Italians are good lovers) are not the whole story. Even if they are sometimes true, the cultural norms of a given group does not predict the behavior of an individual, who

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One of the conflicts that I have in my personal life is based on ethnicity based on the skin colour . There was always an argument regarding my skin colour as I am blacking my college period . All others used to treat me as a backward class . Not involving in any activities and functions. They used to make fun of me . Even though it was disheartening for me but I never complained against them and I used have inferiority complex and loss of conference .

Yes , it was resolved when I got distinction in my class . My teacher supported me so much and she explained to everyone that colour is not the matter , having a good heart and knowledge are the two basic things needed to lead a life.