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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

Keywords

communicative style | face maintenance | language and culture | value | worker

Language as a subject

English, Australian | Sri Lankan

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.