Question

What role does uncertainty play in developing intercultural relationships? How does it affect communication in the development of intercultural relationships

Answer 1

• In intercultural relationships people belonging to different cultures and faiths are involved.Uncertainty plays a big factor in either making or breaking the relationship since incomplete or lack of knowledge about each other's culture sets the ground.
• Interacting with a stranger from a different culture typically involves more uncertainty than when interacting with a stranger from one's native culture. Uncertainty refers to the amount of predictability; that is, what is known about another person. With strangers, very little is known. During initial encounters with a stranger, uncertainty triggers anxiety.
• Uncertainty and anxiety are closely linked. When strangers first meet, their primary goal is to reduce uncertainty and increase predictability of their own and the other person's behavior. In order to accomplish this, they use specific communication strategies. How an individual reduces uncertainty varies across cultures.
• If one is uncertain about communicating intercultural, they may find to miss expanded opportunities for employment, potential income, development of wisdom and knowledge, an understanding of another person’s expectations, and increase the risk of a misunderstanding along the way.
• For intercultural communication does not merely mean understanding another person’s linguistic code, but also a deeper understanding of why people react the way they do, any unique body language, the motivations of a person, another person’s worldview and understanding of how the world is organized, and so forth.