Leadership Communication Skills for Intercultural Management

‘Dr. Bharadwaj offers an insightful and theoretically grounded book for international managers as they work across cultures. By consulting this book, managers will be equipped with mindsets and attitudes to dramatically improve their communication with partners across the globe. This book will surely open new opportunities and enhance cross-cultural relationships for international managers who seek to understand and apply its principles.’ —Peter Cardon, Ph.D., Professor of Business Communication, University of Southern California, USA ‘Apoorva Bharadwaj’s journey through business communication is an amazingly interesting one. In this work, she covers all the main contexts, including the virtual one, from a cultural perspective. The focus on effective communication practices, to be exploited by corporate managers striving for lean, successful cross-cultural organizations, is very clear through all of her work. The extensive exemplification in each chapter provides the reader with theoretical and practical knowledge on each topic. Furthermore, the psychologic, non-verbal, proxemic and paralinguistic aspects of communication, add a noteworthy plus to this book.’ —Walter Giordano, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy ‘Leadership Communication Skills for Intercultural Management offers a comprehensive account of business communication in intercultural contexts. Combining the discussion of theoretical frameworks with practical application, it highlights the importance of being aware of cultural variation and striving towards cultural alignment when engaging in business communication in (virtual) workplaces. This book is a valuable contribution to research on intercultural business communication with a focus on leadership and management.’ —Ursula Lutzky, Associate Professor of English Linguistics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria