This chapter reviews work on politeness and rapport management from an intercultural
pragmatics perspective. After an initial introduction, the first main section considers …

This article examines the ways in which professionals from different countries handle first
encounters when they wish to initiate and establish business/professional relations. The …

This paper analyses postings made by student applicants on Korean online communities
about how best to handle interactions with potential future PhD supervisors at UK …

This submission draws together six publications and a covering document to set out an
original contribution to knowledge in the field of intercultural communication. Critical …

Internationalisation is a strategy for over 90 percent of universities and student mobility is a
key part of that strategy. At the same time, home and international students do not tend to …