Editing Uncertainty avoidance (section)

===High uncertainty avoidance===
There are many ways to detect if someone has a high amount of uncertainty avoidance. Typically, the use of formality in interaction with others, dependence of formalized policies and procedures, apparent resistance to change, and intolerance of nontraditional ways are all characteristics of high uncertainty avoidance.<ref name="HofstedeInsights" />

Also, people from high uncertainty avoidance cultures demonstrate higher stress and anxiety levels.<ref name="Hofstede2001" /> These individuals have a high value on control, which means that having a set structure in everything of their life helps. The use of rigid rules assists them with defining what they believe in and how they behave. The development of new ideas makes them uncomfortable and only take risks that they know have high success rates.<ref name="McCornack2017" /> Older people in high UA are highly respected and feared.<ref name="Hofstede2001" /> When children are being taught the beliefs of their culture, they cannot question them.<ref name="McCornack2017" /> 

People in high uncertainty avoidance societies may be afraid of people who are different from them. They may show signs of [[Xenophobia]].<ref name="TenMinutes" />

====High uncertainty avoidance countries====
Some of the highest uncertainty avoidance countries include Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, and South Korea.<ref name="Anbari2003">{{cite web|last1=Anbari|first1=F.|last2=Khilkhanova|first2=E.|last3=Romanova|first3=M.|last4=Umpleby|first4=S.|title=CROSS CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGING INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS|date=2003|url=https://www2.gwu.edu/~umpleby/recent_papers/2003_cross_cultural_differences_managin_international_projects_anbari_khilkhanova_romanova_umpleby.htm|access-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313200929/https://www2.gwu.edu/~umpleby/recent_papers/2003_cross_cultural_differences_managin_international_projects_anbari_khilkhanova_romanova_umpleby.htm|archive-date=2016-03-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>