Professional communication in a global business context: The notion of global communicative competence

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-262

  Louhiala Salminen, Leena ^a   Kankaanranta, Anne ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

English as a Business Lingua Franca (BELF); English as a Lingua Franca (ELF); global communicative competence (GCC); global professional communication; international business communication (IBC)

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

BUSINESS CONTEXTS; COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCES; ENGLISH AS A BUSINESS LINGUA FRANCA; ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (ELF); GLOBAL BUSINESS; GLOBAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE; GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 80052089045     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2011.2161844     Document Type: Review

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