High context and low context cultures differ in their interpretation of silence. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

		Low context cultures often interpret silence as "communication gone wrong"
		In low context cultures silence is never ambiguous
		The Japanese believe conversation is preferable to silence
		In high context cultures silence distracts people from real communication

Strategies for communication to resolve conflict when members of both high-context AND low-context cultures are involved are:

		identifying possible outcomes from historical precedents
		identifying resolutions that accommodate the cultural priorities of both sides
		using the ringi-seido process
		using hard data to validate information and basing solutions on that