Making Contact in International Virtual Offices: An Application of Symbolic Interactionism to Online Workplace Discourse

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-240

  St Amant, Kirk ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Intercultural communication; International virtual offices (IVOs); International workplace; Minding; Symbolic interactiontsm

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ONLINE WORKPLACES;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 0141638674     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2003.816785     Document Type: Review

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