Negotiation style, speech accommodation, and small talk in Sino-Western business negotiations: A Hong Kong case study

Intercultural Pragmatics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-226

  Ladegaard, Hans J ^a  

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EID: 79955693042     PISSN: 1612295X     EISSN: 1613365X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IPRG.2011.010     Document Type: Article

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