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Individual cultural variables are very important to understand intercultural communication because While communicating, the message sender and the receiver are both affected by external and internal stimuli. So communicating with business people in a foreign country you must realize that overall individual cultural and other culture as well.Three individual cultures are discussed below:
Food
Food is one of the individual cultural variables. In order to understand individual culture It may be a good idea prior to visiting your host country to visit various ethnic restaurants in your home country. Then you'll have an initial idea as to the kinds of foods available: how they are served, fixed or eaten.
Manners
Another individual cultural variable is Knowing manner which is also very important. You must follow the manner according to the countries. As Children shake your hand in Germany, hug you in Italy. So different countries have different manners of greeting, we need to follow it for better understanding of individual culture variable.
Time
Persons in Latin America and the Middle East treat time more casually then do Americans, preferpromptness. Germans are time-precise. In Latin America - and in Buddhist cultures - you may wait an
