Communicating globally : intercultural communication and international business / Wallace V. Schmidt ... [et al.]. - Los Angeles : Sage Publications, c2007. - xvi, 319 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-304) and index.

The concept of international business and a global marketplace -- The concept of intercultural communication and the cosmopolitan leader -- The concept of cultural synergy and the global organization -- Cultural contact and interfacing with others -- The nature of language and nonverbal communication -- Intercultural communication and conflict management -- Cosmopolitan leadership, teams, and the global workforce -- Disturbing the equilibrium and creating planned change -- Doing business in North America -- Doing business in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Doing business in East Asia and the Pacific Rim -- Doing business in Europe -- Doing business in Africa and the Middle East -- Epilogue: Breaking free and the road ahead.

9781412913171 (pbk.) 1412913179 (pbk.)

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Business communication--Cross-cultural studies.
Intercultural communication.
International business enterprises.
Cross-cultural orientation.

HF5718 / C624 2007

658.4/5

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