Belf competence as business knowledge of internationally operating business professionals

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-407

  Kankaanranta, Anne ^a   Planken, Brigitte ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BELF (business English as a lingua franca); business knowledge; communication competence; globalization; international business; international business communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956489171     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943610377301     Document Type: Article

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