Proceedings from the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference
The Association for Business Communication

27-31 March 2007
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Professional Communication: Globalizing the Local and Localizing the Global

Editors: Bertha Du-Babcock, Anne Peirson-Smith, and Linda Beamer

 

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Preface

Keynote Speeches

1. Communicative Challenges for Japanese Companies: Strategies in the Global Marketplace
   Naoki Kameda, Doshisha University
2. What is the Language of Business?Affecting Business Outcome Before you Say a Word
   David A. Victor, Eastern Michigan University
   

Selected Proceeding Articles

3. The Language-based Communication Zones Model: Development, Competencies, and Adjustment Patterns
   Richard D. Babcock, University of San Francisco;
   Bertha Du-Babcock, University of Hong Kong
4. The Concept of Context: Filling in the Blanks
   Rita Chan, Royal Roads University;
   Myriam Cabrera, Royal Roads University
5. The Digital Conversation: Digital Media and Public Relations in Hong Kong
   Mary Devereux, Managing Director, Asia Pacific
6. Cross-cultural Small-Group Decision-Making: Impact of Culture, Language Proficiency, and Communication Apprehension
   Bertha Du-Babcock, City University of Hong Kong
7. Japanese Female Workers Performance through the Course Management System
   Kashii Fukaya, Suzuka International University
8. Building Entrepreneurial Literacy: Small Groups, Large Rewards
   John Kennedy Haner, University of California
9. Difficulties with English as a De Facto Global Language
   Naoki Kameda, Doshisha University
10. Communication Tools on Environmental Issues: Environment Reports and Manzai
    Akihiro Koga, Setagaya Eco-people Group
11. Communication in a Foreign Environment: The Speaking of English by International Students at a New Zealand University
    Alison Kuiper, Lincoln University;
    Chui Pih Tan, Lincoln University
12. Work Values, Organizational Structure, and Job Structure among Korean, British, and American Multinational Banks in Korea: Employees’ Nationalities vs. MNC’s Nationalities
    Jong-Wook Kwon, Kangwon National University
13. Is Green the Colour of Cash or Conviction? Colour Culture in China as Seen by Managers of Finnish MNCs: Report on a Pilot Study
    Kirsi Mantua, Helsinki School of Economics
14. Teaching Professional Communication Skills in English
    Devikamani Menon, University of Malaya;
    Ainun Rozana Mohd Zaid, University of Malaya
15. Dissemination of information for bond market development in an
    emerging economy in Asia: case for Thailand
    Yuji Nozue, Chuo University,
16. Crisis Communication Management – When Crisis Becomes Catastrophe
    H. Leland Smith, The University of Southern Mississippi
17. From Local to Global and Monologue to Dialogue:
    Fruitful Stakeholder Engagement and Public Consultation towards
    Consensus
    Timothy J. Peirson-Smith, Managing Director, Executive Counsel Limited
18. Inadequate Training is a Major Reason that Leads to Expatriates’ Inadequate Cross-cultural Business Communication Competence—A Case Study with a China-based Company
    Xiaofei Xu, City University of Hong Kong
    
    

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