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.
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