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Publication details [#12249]

Bilbow, Grahame T. 1997. Spoken discourse in the multicultural workplace in Hong Kong: Applying a model of discourse as 'impression management'. In Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca and Sandra Harris, eds. The Languages of Business: An International Perspective. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 21–48.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
discourse | impression management | self-presentation | speech act | spoken language | workplace conversation
Language as a subject
Chinese | English

Annotation

Verbal self-presentations and inter-group impression-formation by Chinese and Western business managers are analyzed in light of Confucianist and Western cultural values.