This paper presents empirically-derived models of expatriate-local staff oral
communication patterns. The communication dynamics differed in three identi
fied communication zones. The expatriates with the cooperation of the local
Chinese were able to develop efficient but different communication systems in all
three zones. The cultural influences on both expatriates and local Chinese
interlocutors varied among these zones.
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