Cultures of the world are sometimes classified into three groups: task-orientated, highly organized planners (Scandinavians, Swiss, Dutch, Germans, North Americans, British, Canadians, New Zealanders); people orientated, loquacious interrelators (Spanish, Southern Italians, South Americans, Greeks, Cypriots, Arabs, Sub-Saharan Africans, Indians, Russians, French); and introverted, respect-orientated listeners (Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Vietnamese). Richard Lewis, an expert in cross-cultural and language training, observed some common traits for this three groups that he calls linear-active, multi-active and reactive groups respectively:
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