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Communication Across Cultures: Mutual Understanding in a Global World

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In this paper, culture, communication and interaction have been discussed in professional and workplace contexts, and the analysis of conversation has been carried out to identify power, racism and stereotyping in the context of intercultural communication.
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Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction - culture, communication and interaction 2. Direct and indirect messages 3. Politeness and face 4. Speech acts and politeness across cultures 5. The analysis of conversation 6. Power, racism and stereotyping 7. Naming and addressing 8. Cultural differences in writing 9. Translating and interpreting 10. Intercultural communication issues in professional and workplace contexts 11. Towards successful intercultural communication References.

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Speech Genres and Other Late Essays

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Sub-dimensions of the four factor model of cultural intelligence : expanding the conceptualization and measurement of cultural intelligence

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Examining social capital, organizational learning and knowledge transfer in cultural and creative industries of practice

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a multiple mediation examination process to investigate the relationships between social capital, organizational learning, and knowledge transfer in Taiwanese cultural and creative industries and found that organizational learning (e.g., exploitative learning and explorative learning) is the critical mechanism linking the relationship between the social capital and knowledge-transfer.
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

TL;DR: For instance, in the case of an individual in the presence of others, it can be seen as a form of involuntary expressive behavior as discussed by the authors, where the individual will have to act so that he intentionally or unintentionally expresses himself, and the others will in turn have to be impressed in some way by him.
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Judith Butler
TL;DR: The body politics of Julia Kristeva and the Body Politics of JuliaKristeva as mentioned in this paper are discussed in detail in Section 5.1.1 and Section 6.2.1.
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Culture′s Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values

TL;DR: In his book Culture's Consequences, Geert Hofstede proposed four dimensions on which the differences among national cultures can be understood: Individualism, Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Masculinity as mentioned in this paper.
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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity.

Melvin L. DeFleur, +1 more
- 01 Oct 1964 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the relationship between information control and personal identity, including the Discredited and the Discreditable Social Information Visibility Personal Identity Biography Biographical Others Passing Techniques of Information Control Covering.
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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind

TL;DR: In this article, the differences in the way strategists and their followers think are discussed, and practical solutions for those in business to help solve conflict between different groups are proposed, with a focus on how to find common problems which demand cooperation for the solution of these problems.