Discursive Strategies in Multicultural Business Meetings-: Second Printing - Couverture souple

Poncini, Gina

 
9783039112968: Discursive Strategies in Multicultural Business Meetings-: Second Printing
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ISBN 10 : 3039112961 ISBN 13 : 9783039112968
Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 2007

Synopsis

Winner of the Association for Business Communication Award for Distinguished Publication on Business Communication. This book explores multiparty, multicultural interaction at international business meetings. It investigates discourse at an Italian company's meetings of its international distributors, conducted mainly in English and attended by participants from different countries in Europe, Asia and North America. Data come from audio recordings of the meetings, normally lasting two to three days, and are supplemented by the author's observations of the meetings. The study uses a series of approaches to analyze selected linguistic and interactional features, presenting an in-depth analysis and discussion of data extracts that draws on both qualitative and quantitative approaches. It highlights the way the main company speaker and some of the multilingual participants use discursive strategies to build common ground, to construct a cooperative business relationship or to negotiate or avert conflict. The study questions the role of cultural differences in approaching multicultural, multilingual meetings and argues that organizational roles, the business context and individual differences must also be considered.

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À propos de l?auteur

The Author : Gina Poncini teaches English Business Communication at the University of Milan and Communication in Multilingual Business Contexts at the University of Lugano. Her research interests include business meetings, intercultural business communication, and tourism communication. She is currently Vice President Europe of the Association for Business Communication.

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Éditeur
Verlag Peter Lang
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3039112961
ISBN 13 
9783039112968
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
338
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  3039102222 ISBN 13 :  9783039102228
Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 2004
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