Building intercultural alliances: A study of moves and strategies in initial business negotiation meetings

Text and Talk

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-125

  Zhu, Yunxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; intercultural alliances; moves; negotiation meeting; New Zealand; strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551607805     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2011.005     Document Type: Article

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