Making it Work: A Study of Australian Expatriate Language and Cultural Strategies for the Workplace in Japan
Australia has maintained a steady and strong business relationship with Japan for over three decades. In fact, Japan ranks first in terms of important export markets for Australia. As a result, it can be assumed that, on a micro-level, the possibility of more expatriates from Australia being station...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Japan Foundation, Sydney
2006-12-01
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| Series: | New Voices |
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| Online Access: | http://newvoices.org.au/volume-1/making-it-work-a-study-of-australian-expatriate-language-and-cultural-strategies-for-the-workplace-in-japan/ |
| Summary: | Australia has maintained a steady and strong business relationship with Japan for over three decades. In fact, Japan ranks first in terms of important export markets for Australia. As a result, it can be assumed that, on a micro-level, the possibility of more expatriates from Australia being stationed in Japan will increase to facilitate business communication and transactions between Australian and Japanese companies. With the creation of multinational workplaces, including Australians and Japanese working together in Japan, comes an increasing necessity for Australian expatriates to have linguistic and cultural competence. While this has been identified in intercultural communication research, the implementations of such findings related to Japanese language proficiency and how it benefits Australian-Japanese workplace communication is seemingly sporadic despite the investment into Japanese language education by Australia. |
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| ISSN: | 1833-5233 2204-194X |