Chapter 2
Expatriate-local personnel communication in the MNC
Article outline
- 2.0Introduction
- 2.1The business expatriate
- 2.2Culture
- 2.2.1The essentialist view
- 2.2.2The non-essentialist view
- 2.3Intercultural communication
- 2.3.1Communication as a socially grounded process of sharing meanings
- 2.3.2Intercultural communication as a process of sharing meanings with cultural others
- 2.4Cultural diversity in MNCs
- 2.5State of the art: Expatriate-local personnel communication in the MNC
- 2.6Conclusion