Proceedings from the 7th European Convention
The Association for Business Communication
Copenhagen, Denmark
Business Communication: Making an Impact
Editor: Anne Marie Bülow-Møller
Business communication skills
A Comparison of Students’ and Corporate Trainees’ Perceptions of Distracting or Annoying Behaviors of Presenters
Lillian Chaney, Catherine Green and Janet Cherry, The University of Memphis
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning Event Planning meets Presentation Skills via the Case Study
Peter Daly, EDHEC Business School
How Can Emerging Software Usability Research Help us with Writing for Readers? A Review of some Current Research and its Application to the Teaching of Business Writing
Jane Holst-Larkin, Manukau Institute of Technology
An Instructor Guide for Teaching Business and Technical Communication to Native and Non-Native Speakers
Kathleen Vance, BCIT and Dale Fitzpatrick, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Promoting Employability and International Competitiveness: Cultural, Linguistic and Technological Issues in CV Writing in English
Colette Gattoni, Åbo Akademi University
La rédaction du CV en français – cas d’étude au Centre de langues et de communication, Åbo Akademi, université de langue suédoise en Finlande
Mia Panisse, L’université Åbo Akademi
Intercultural/cross-cultural communication
Does Style Matter? A Cross-cultural Study into the Influence of Differences in Style Dimensions on the Persuasiveness of Business Newsletters in Great Britain and the Netherlands
Berna Hendriks, Rob le Pair, Frank van Meurs, Hubert Korzilius and Stephanie Damen, Radboud University Nijmegen
Interlingual Varieties in Written Business Communication – Intercultural Differences in German and French Business Letters
Nadine Rentel, University of Duisburg-Essen
Cultural Differences in Argumentation? Analysing German and British University Discourse
Mette Skovgaard Andersen, Copenhagen Business School and Astrid Jensen, University of Southern Denmark
An Investigation of Individual and Small-Group Behavior Decision-Making: A Cross-Cultural Approach
Bertha Du-Babcock, City University of Hong Kong
Student Perspectives of Cultural Differences in Nonverbal Communication
Geraldine E. Hynes and Kathy Hill, Sam Houston State University
Rhetorical Demands of International Electronic-Mail
Jane Thompson Johansen, University of Southern Indiana
Business Communication Platform
Olga Campbell-Thomson, European University of Lefke
Communication Failures between Lingua Franca Speakers of English in Meetings
Salla Huttunen, Helsinki School of Economics
Second language skills and pedagogy
From Research to Pedagogy in a New Multilingual Setting: The Case of the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy
Elisa Turra, Bocconi University, University of Gastronomic Sciences and Gina Poncini, University of Milan
Discovering and Interpreting Implicit Cultural Meanings in Language-Based Communication Zones
Bertha Du-Babcock, City University of Hong Kong, Richard D. Babcock, University of San Francisco and Michael Berry, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
Danish Style Professionalisation of Adult ESL Users’ Oral Communicative Competence
Margrethe Smedegaard Mondahl and Lisbet Pals Svendsen, Copenhagen Business School
Positivation: a Suitable Strategy in Learning, Teaching and Research in Mother Tongue and Foreign Languages
Georges Gaspard, Norwegian School of Management
Corporate and organizational communication
CBS, Dan Rather and the Blogosphere: Anatomy of a Corporate Crisis
Terry A. Hinch and Laurence A. Jarvik, Johns Hopkins University
Banks’ Annual Reports: An Analysis of the Linguistic Means used to Express Evaluation
Donatella Malavasi, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Means of Conviction in Banks’ Annual Reports
Marta Mignini, Catholic University
Discursive Strategies in Annual Reports: The Role of Visuals
Miguel F. Ruiz Garrido, Juan C. Palmer Silveira and Inmaculada Fortanet Gómez, Universitat Jaume I
Content Creation for Intranets in Large Multinational Companies in Finland
Sari Lehmuskallio, Helsinki School of Economics
Corporate Communication and Corporate Lexicography: A Value-Adding Combination
Henrik Køhler Simonsen, Copenhagen Business
School\Your Inbox has Taken Control! Perceptions of Email Interaction in the Workplace
Anette Grønning, Copenhagen Business School
Branding of Fashion Products: a Communication Process, a Marketing Approach
Maria da Graça Guedes, Universidade do Minho and Paula da Costa Soares, Instituto Politécnico do Porto – ESEIG
Public communication
Security and the New Communications Environment
J. Archibald, McGill University
Mass Media and Empowerment in Brazil – The Loss of Innocence
Maria Helena de Arantes Frota and Denise das Neves Barbosa de Souza, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Universalism, Particularism and Ethics
Derek Matthews, Norwegian School of Management BI
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