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Publication details [#51764]

Aritz, Jolanta and Robyn C. Walker. 2009. Group Composition and Communication Styles: An Analysis of Multicultural Teams in Decision-Making Meetings. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 38 (2) : 99–114.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative style | discourse analysis | group interaction | language and culture | multiculturalism

Language as a subject

English, American | English, Asian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study demonstrates that, when working in multicultural teams, English speaking East Asians tend to withdraw, whilst US-born English speakers tend to increase their participation. Possible causes of this divergent communicative styles are explored.