Several countries have different positions on the Evaluating scale from those they occupy on the Communicating scale. For this reason, you may be surprised by the gap between our stereotyped assumptions about certain countries and their placement on the Evaluating scale The French and Russians, for example, are high context (implicit) communicators relative to Americans, yet they are more direct in their criticism. Spaniards and Mexicans are at the same context level, but the Spanish are more direct when providing negative feedback.

So what could happen when a Brit gives feedback to a Dutchman:

Bridging the Gap