Saving Face in Business Managing Cross-Cultural Interactions /

• Main Author: Merkin, Rebecca S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: International business enterprises.; Public relations.; Cultural studies.; International Business.; Corporate Communication/Public Relations.; Cultural Studies.

"Professor Merkin has written a brilliant book that deftly combines two important streams of research: The work deriving from Goffman's explication of facework in communications and Hofstede's foundational work on cultural values.  This book, thoroughly grounded in research, should be...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction.- 2: Principles of Saving Face
• 3: Culture and Face Enactment
• 4: Individualism-Collectivism and Saving Face
• 5: Individualism-Collectivism Applied to Direct versus Indirect Facework
• 6: Masculinity-Femininity Applied to Cooperative and Competitive Facework
• 7: Power Distance, Receiver Facework, Innovation, and Superior-Subordinate Relationships
• 8: Uncertainty Avoidance, Face Saving, and Organizations
• 9: Long/Short-Term Orientation, Facework, and Organizational Relationships
• 10: Overview and Facework Model Application for the Cross-Cultural Workplace. .