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| Author: | Peltokorpi, V. |
| Title: | Intercultural communication in foreign subsidiaries: The influence of expatriates' language and cultural competencies |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Management
2010 : JUN, VOL. 26:2, p. 176-188 |
| Index terms: | culture communication Japan languages subsidiary companies competencies |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In international management literature cultural values and languages have been treated independently. The results of this study do not support this view. The paper explores the influence of expatriates' host country language and cultural competencies on intercultural communication in foreign subsidiaries. It builds on the three communication zones theory (Du-Babcock & Babcock, 1996), which describes intercultural communication through three different language proficiency zones. The data is gathered from interviews in 58 Nordic subsidiaries in Japan, and the analysis reveals that expatriates' host country language and cultural competencies are accompanied by different challenges and opportunities. |
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