Communicating across cultures at work
By: Maureen Guirdham
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780230283695
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture; Diversity in the workplace; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication / General; Communication in personnel management; Intercultural communication
Description: "Examines intercultural communication in the workplace. Firmly grounded in theory, it offers practical suggestions on how people can develop cultural awareness and communication skills to enable greater understanding and appreciation of those from different backgrounds. Fully updated with the latest research, this makes an ideal core text"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Communicating and Diversity at Work; title: List of Tables and Figures; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: PART I: CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION AT WORK; title: Cultures and Subcultures; title: Culture and Communication; title: How Culture Affects Behaviour; title: PART II: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AT WORK; title: Barriers to Intercultural Communication; title: Communicating Interculturally; title: PART III: EXTENSIONS AND APPLICATIONS; title: Skills for Working Abroad; title: Culture and Work Activities; title: Intercultural Communication in Context; title: Appendix A: European Diversity Data; title: Appendix B: Culture and Mediated Work Communication; title: Appendix C: Scoring and Interpretation of Questionnaires; title: Glossary; title: Further Reading; title: Index.