Multidisciplinary perspectives on intercultural conflict: The 'Bermuda Triangle' of conflict, culture and communication

Handbook of Intercultural Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-120

  van Meurs, Nathalie ^a   Spencer Oatey, Helen ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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