Discoursebased technology support for intercultural communication in multinationals

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-272

  Zaidman, Nurit ^a   Te'eni, Dov ^b   Schwartz, David G ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication; Multinational companies; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993043388     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540810899434     Document Type: Article

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