TY - BOOK ID - 33205285 TI - Intercultural skills : for international business and international relations PY - 2018 SN - 9789463441834 PB - Leuven Acco DB - UniCat KW - Massacommunicatie KW - Pragmatiek KW - Sociolinguïstiek KW - Go International. KW - International relations. KW - Mass communications KW - Pragmatics KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Cultuurverschillen KW - Interculturele bedrijfscommunicatie KW - interculturaliteit KW - Sociology of minorities KW - Go international. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33205285 AB - This introduction to intercultural communication in international business, international relations and other situations of cross-cultural contact features the following unique highlights: • It is rooted in history and anthropology, allowing the reader to situate intercultural issues in a wider humanistic framework. •It offers practical advice that will be directly helpful in concrete intercultural settings. • It goes through great lengths to warn against oversimplification and stereotyping, traps that are inherent in several publications in the field of intercultural publications. • It is critical: it does not shy away from critically discussing various theories and statements that are found in the literature in order to arrive at a balanced view of what we can learn from research in the field. • It encourages an open discussion of ethical issues related to multiculturalism and intercultural contact, also in the exercise section. • It includes a substantial set of exercises of various types which will allow the reader to develop their intercultural skills. • It blends into an online learning platform. • It makes a set of pedagogical aids available to instructors. ER -