Culture, intercultural communication competence, and sales negotiation: A qualitative research approach

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-282

  Chaisrakeo, Sunanta ^a   Speece, Mark ^b  

^a SRIPATUM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Mark Speece Is Associate Professor

Author keywords

Communications; Cross cultural management; National cultures; Organizational culture; Sales; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242721603     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620410516745     Document Type: Review

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