Direct and indirect communicative styles : a study in sociopragmatics and intercultural communication based on interview discourse with Norwegian and Japanese business executives

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We show that a family gap in career progression exists too and that women with children fall behind on the career ladder if they work part-time or have less work experience..

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This resonates with Waterton (2005) and Klerkx and Leeuwis (2008:186), who have argued that focusing on just one boundary is too narrow. Based on our study we find that in

13 In a normal situation, too high wage increases will raise inflation above the target level and this means that the central bank will raise the interest rate more than

The general research question of this report is: How can states defend themselves against foreign influence? Chapter 2 discusses two assumptions made in this report, which leads to a