"Chronemics refer to the timimg of verbal exchanges. Americans expect prompt responses and are uncomfortable with a slow response or silence......Other nationalities - the Japanese, for instance - prefer to use this "quiet time" as contemplation time in which they evaluate the message"
Source: International Marketing
By Dana Nicoletta Lascu
2008. Atomic DOg, Cengage Learning
Mason, Ohio, USA
ISBN:978-1-4266-2752-1