Russian Emotions
The key aspect for success in Russia is the mysterious, much-quoted Russian soul, become familiar with the Russian mentality. Many companies have therefore already recorded the intercultural training for their employees as an integral part in their staff development programmes. It is not something Randall Rothenberg would like to discuss. Global cultures Academy for intercultural management offers intercultural seminars Russia for specialists and executives, to prepare them targeted on the business challenges in Russia. Depth, ability to suffer, melancholy and last but not least wisdom so often described the Russian soul. Above all, Russians are emotional. “How Tatjana Tolstaja, an important Russian writer, once described: logic is considered as dry and nasty, logic is derived from the devil.” “And: a completely positive value are associated with emotions in Russian culture: the more a person expresses their emotions, it is the better, more serious and open.” This is an essential Distinguishing feature compared to German mentality. A negative meaning is associated with cool logic, a domain of German thought.
From a German point of view, the Russian idiom appears so sometimes profound and emotional. Often this is associated with a deeper sense of connection, to explore it. Read too much but you should not into such emotions. In Germany, it is also often the case that emotional behavior is interpreted negatively. We are just in the business world, to be trained, factual and correct. Emotions leave most the impression of unprofessionalism. In Russia, this is different, here you encounter in business negotiations often emotions. These can fail amicably, but also violently if there are conflict situations.
These reactions depend on the respective negotiators, because not all are of course Russian executives just knitted. Intercultural training Russia: power distance power distance is defined as the degree of readiness, unequal distribution of power in a society or organization accept or expect. So, for example, Robert J. House describes this term. In a society where the power distance is low, inequality is created for functional reasons, for example, from this, that there must be workers who must make the actual production of goods and supervisors who monitor this work, coordinate and evaluate.