The Concept of Profit and Japanese-American Business Communication Problems
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Business Communication
- Vol. 19 (1) , 33-39
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002194368201900104
Abstract
Communication problems between American and Japanese business nego tiators are often caused by differing organizational goals. However, differ ing American and Japanese conceptualizations of the word profit may also lead to difficulties. A study of Japanese and American business students' concepts of profit revealed Japanese unidimensional and American multi dimensional conceptualizing of profit.Keywords
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