Managing disagreement while managing not to disagree: Polite disagreement in negotiation discourse

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-116

  Paramasivam, Shamala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asian Business Discourse; Conflict Talk; Disagreement; Malay Cultural Values; Negotiation Discourse; Politeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950742739     PISSN: 17475759     EISSN: 17475767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17475750701478661     Document Type: Article

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