Communication Modes, I celandic

• Main Author: Kristjánsdóttir, Erla S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0136; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2F9781118783665.ieicc0136; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0136; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0136

Abstract Iceland has developed enormously over the past century, moving from turf houses to modern buildings and from an extremely primitive lifestyle to a high‐tech lifestyle in a few decades. This entry introduces seven of the most common Icelandic values that are reflected in the communication styles, behaviors, organizational structure, and decision‐making processes. Icelanders are considered to be independent, direct, hardworking, positive individuals who live in a society where the Icelandic language gave them independence, family is important, equality exists, and the fatalistic belief that everything will work out (“it will sort itself out”) is prevalent.