The Lewis model
Throughout these posts I have been talking about Nigerian culture. On this occasion it is necessary to analyze it from the Lewis model, which is represented by 3 categories given as follows:
Linear active: Those who plan, program, organize, pursue chains of action, do things one by one.
Multi-active: Those happy, talkative people who do many things at once, planning their priorities not taking into account a time schedule, but a relative emotion or the importance that each appointment can bring.
Reactive: Those cultures that prioritize courtesy and respect, listening calmly and calmly to their interlocutors and reacting cautiously to the proposals of the other party.
The model is represented by a kind of triangle that classifies the different countries according to the aforementioned categories.
Based on the image we can place Nigerians as a culture that is almost completely multi-active with some reactive minorities, which makes the majority of its population look like happy, talkative people who do many things at once, planning their priorities not taking into account a time schedule, but a relative emotion or the importance that each appointment can bring.
Now, what if a Nigerian came to study in Barranquilla? Would there be conflicts over the type of culture? The answer is no, since like the Nigerians, Colombians are at the top of the multiactive triangle, therefore in terms of behaviors the Nigerian would feel at home studying in Barranquilla.
Linear active: Those who plan, program, organize, pursue chains of action, do things one by one.
Multi-active: Those happy, talkative people who do many things at once, planning their priorities not taking into account a time schedule, but a relative emotion or the importance that each appointment can bring.
Reactive: Those cultures that prioritize courtesy and respect, listening calmly and calmly to their interlocutors and reacting cautiously to the proposals of the other party.
The model is represented by a kind of triangle that classifies the different countries according to the aforementioned categories.
Based on the image we can place Nigerians as a culture that is almost completely multi-active with some reactive minorities, which makes the majority of its population look like happy, talkative people who do many things at once, planning their priorities not taking into account a time schedule, but a relative emotion or the importance that each appointment can bring.
Now, what if a Nigerian came to study in Barranquilla? Would there be conflicts over the type of culture? The answer is no, since like the Nigerians, Colombians are at the top of the multiactive triangle, therefore in terms of behaviors the Nigerian would feel at home studying in Barranquilla.
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