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Author:   Hans J. Ladegaard (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) ,  Christopher Jenks (University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780367077778

ISBN 10:   0367077779
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   18 October 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction – Language and intercultural communication in the workplace: critical approaches to theory and practice 1. Reconsidering intercultural (communication) competence in the workplace: a dialectical approach 2. Issues of language and competence in intercultural business contexts 3. Examining linguistic proficiency in the multilingual glocal workplace: a Malaysian case study 4. The importance of interfaith dialog in the workplace for achieving organizational goals: a Kenyan case study 5. Preparing students for the global workplace: the impact of a semester abroad 6. The impact of international students on the university work environment: a comparative study of a Canadian and a Danish university 7. ‘The cultural stuff around how to talk to people’: immigrants’ intercultural communication during a pre-employment work-placement 8. Virtual team management: what is causing communication breakdown? 9. Identities at odds: embedded and implicit language policing in the internationalized workplace 10. International city branding as an intercultural discourse: workplace, development, and globalization

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Hans J. Ladegaard is Professor and Head of the Department of English at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is interested in intercultural communication, language attitudes and stereotypes, language and gender, narratives of migration, pragmatics, and discourse analysis. Christopher J. Jenks is Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Dakota, USA. He is interested in global Englishes, intercultural communication, race and ethnicity, national identities, critical pedagogy, and discourse analysis.

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