Al Razim, a construction engineer, recently traveled to Germany in order to find investors for his real-estate project.While he finally succeeded in getting an investor, he was surprised by the explicitness of the Germans.Sometimes all he got was a direct "No." This is because Germans are a ________ culture.

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The explicitness of the Germans and their tendency to directly say "No" indicates that they are a low-context culture, meaning they prioritize clarity and directness in communication rather than relying on subtle or implicit messages.

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