Intercultural Rhetoric and Professional Communication: Technological Advances and Organizational Behavior

Understanding cultural differences and determining their relevance in a broader context are the key goals of any intercultural inquiry.

Intercultural Rhetoric and Professional Communication: Technological Advances and Organizational Behavior explores the theory and practice of rhetoric and professional communication in intercultural contexts. This book provides a framework for translating, localizing, and internationalizing communications and information products around the world. Taking a theoretically integrated approach, this book provides the analytical tools and methods for examining the relations between culture and rhetoric and understanding the deep cultural foundation of rhetorical patterns.

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

• Contrastive Rhetoric
• Distance Education and E-Learning
• Intercultural Inquiry
• Intercultural Organizational Training
• Intercultural Teaching and Research
• Knowing and Defining Relevant Cultural Differences
• Organizational Theory and Communication
• Professional Communication across Cultures
• Relationships between Culture and Rhetoric
• Website Design and Globalization