Intercultural Business Etiquette

Honduras
Communication style
• Most people tend to communicate in an indirect manner.
• People will almost never say “I don’t know” because they
do not want to sound unhelpful, and people will usually
tell you what they think you would like to hear.
• Most Hondurans stand a little less than an arm’s length
apart during conversations.
• There is a decent amount of touching during
conversations.
• Eye contact depends a lot on social status. People from
the poorer class tend to avoid eye contact and act
humble in conversation, whereas people from the upper
class are much more direct and self-asserted. Age and
community leadership have much less to do with it than
economic status and power.