Chapter 10
“Music for your breakfast” relational work in a sole trader’s
intercultural business emails
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Self-disclosure and relational work
- 3.CMC cues
and media sharing
- 4.Email
data
- 5.Analysis
- 5.1Media and cultural sharing
- 5.2Reciprocal self-disclosure
- 5.3CMC cues
- 6.Concluding remarks
-
Notes
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