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Language-based Communication Zones in International Business Communication.
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Babcock, Richard D.; Du-Babcock, Bertha – Journal of Business Communication, 2001
Expands prior descriptions of expatriate-local personnel communication patterns by reconfiguring and adding new zones. Presents eight new communication zones in a comprehensive framework that represents the dynamic, bi-directional, multiply influenced, and transformational translation process integral to international business communication.…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Research, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships
Adapting an American-based Simulation to a Hong-Kong Classroom.
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Du-Babcock, Bertha; Babcock, Richard D. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2000
Details how an American-based behavioral simulation (a form of case study) was adapted for an organizational and management communication course in Hong Kong. Describes how the authors accommodated students' language environment and proficiency, their culturally derived behaviors, and their understanding of the context of American business, making…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
The Role of Language in National and Multinational Enterprises in Taiwan.
Du-Babcock, Bertha; Babcock, Richard D. – 1987
Communication patterns and language use in four national and multinational companies operating in Taiwan illustrate the potential for communication problems when more than one language is in use. The companies include Texas Instruments, Kaohsiung Monomer Company, Ltd., Bank of America, and Cheng-Yia International Corporation. In the four…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Case Studies, Chinese
Topic Management and Turn Taking in Professional Communication: First- Versus Second-Language Strategies.
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Du-Babcock, Bertha – Management Communication Quarterly, 1999
Describes and contrasts the communication behavior of Hong Kong Cantonese bilingual speakers as they interact in comparable first- and second-language strategic formulations and decision-making meetings. Finds similarities in terms of volume, context level, and ideas; and differences in areas of turn-taking frequency, length of spoken time per…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Business Communication, Business English, Cantonese
Assessing the Importance of Second Language Competence: An Analysis of Expatriate Managers in Taiwan.
Du-Babcock, Bertha; Babcock, Richard D. – 1988
A study investigated the communication patterns among 11 foreign expatriate managers and 75 Chinese managers in Taiwan with four different levels of second language competence. In particular, the study examined (1) how foreign expatriate managers perceive the importance of second language competence; (2) how Chinese local managers perceive the…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Business Administration, Business Communication, Chinese
An Analysis of English Language Education and Its Impact on Business Practice in Taiwan.
Du-Babcock, Bertha; Babcock, Richard D. – 1987
The state of English language instruction in Taiwan and its impact on firms doing business there are examined. The analysis draws on case studies of language training and use in four national and multinational corporations, each representing different nationalities and a different industry: Texas Instruments, Kaohsiung Monomer Company Limited,…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Communication, Case Studies, Cross Cultural Training