... is strengthened through official organisational myths and stories which function as vehicles of communication management to support organisational goals and to provide role models for aspiring executives. Calls have been made for new forms of writing and more women’s voices in women and management scholarship...

... with the number of tag questions spoken by people acting as chairperson and the people of highest status (grade): © MCB UP Limited 1998 Communications Gender Language Meetings Women As Greenberg and Baron (1993) propose“It is a fact of life on the job that everyone engages...

...Catherine W. Ng Some studies, mainly in the West, have suggested that women are more encouraging in their communication styles than men, especially when the conversation is about a personal matter versus when it is business‐related. It has also been contended that same‐sex communication between...

...Edmond H. Weiss; Bronwyn Fisher The “universal” principles of effective communication taught in most management communication courses ‐ directness, simplicity, forcefulness ‐ are, from an inter‐cultural perspective, American and male. Should women students of business be taught to imitate...