The role of language skills in corporate communication

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-242

  Andersen, Helle ^a   Rasmussen, Erik S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Cross cultural management; Denmark; Foreign relations; France; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986178140     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280410551150     Document Type: Article

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