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Publication details [#56781]

Amarasinghe, Amala Dilani. 2012. Facework Strategies of Sri Lankans Working in Australia. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 41 (2) : 193–215.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This study compares the facework (communicative) strategies of Sri Lankans and Australians working in Australia, and argues that Sri Lankans do not alter their values, yet partially adapt them to e.g. Australian work practices and routines.