My OperaCommunication Rules
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:01:48 PM
From a research report I am co-authoring:
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Though one mostly does not think about them consciously, [communication] rules become apparent when violated – when the new employee starts telling the supervisor about his grandmother's hemorrhoids for example.
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When two strangers meet, cultural rules tell them how to say hello and what to talk about; research has shown that the weather and football are widely accepted topics in western societies.
