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Title Improving Cross-Cultural Awareness and Communication through Mobile Technologies Author Adele Botha, Meraka Institute, South Africa Steve Vosloo, Stanford University, USA John Kuner, Stanford University, USA Madelein van den Berg, Meraka Institute, South Africa Journal International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Publication 1(2), 39-53, April-June 2009

Title Politeness Strategies and Address Forms Used by Filipino Domestic Helpers in Addressing Their Malaysian Employers Author Aries Dahan Gan, MESLMaya Khemlani David, Ph.D.Francisco Perlas Dumanig, Ph.D. Journal Language in India Journal Publication ISSN 1930-2940 Vol. 15:1 January 2015

Title A Cross Cultural Study of Communication Strategies for Building Business Relationships Author Yunxia Zhu, Pieter Nel and Ravi Bhat Journal International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Publication 2006; 6; 319. DOI: 10.1177/1470595806070638 Abstract              This study aims to explore communication strategies for relationship building across cultures from a linguistic as well as a culture-specific perspective. Specifically, it sees business relationships as part of social capital and compares communication strategies used to build relationships in sales firms. The research method is based on a discourse analysis of interviews with business managers, which also incorporates their success stories. In the analysis, relationship building is divided into two stages: the initiating stage and the maintaining stage. It ha...