Danish misunderstandings at work As Denmark is such a homogeneous country, many Danes expect that many things that are common and normal in Denmark, are handled in the same way in other countries. This is of course not the case. Danish approaches may even be perceived as something completely different than Danes can ever imagine. It is not only important that non-Danes learn about the Danish work place culture to be successful but also that Danes become consciously more aware of their own culture.
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Danish Christmas parties In December you will find one of the few occasions in the year where Danish work-colleagues go out with each other and celebrate. And Danes sure can celebrate.
One of the important DOs in regards to Christmas lunches is to participate in them, to participate in the hygge and to participate in the drinking.
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Danish work culture The details of the Danish work culture is not so well-known and when working with Danes we often do that based on guesses, like that they are similar to Swedes. Or we base our approaches based on the recurring information that Danes are open, direct, easy-going. We are then caught by supriye that they are not always like that and many a time approaches which are based on the before-mentioned expectations fail.
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