As a Western European and a Germanic country, Netherlands’ cultural profile is influenced by its geographical settlement, but also by its geopolitics and its interactions with various other cultures. Because of its geographic positioning, Netherlands had fought a permanent battle with waters, risking inundations, but it had found multiple ways of resisting the flood, although its residents are permanently aware of this risk. This situation made the Dutch people to be tolerant, to make compromises and to be flexible in various cases (Narayanan & Colarelli O’Connor, 2010).
Being a Germanic country, Netherlands fits the category of the monochromic cultures, wherein time is ...
