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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership ((PSAL))

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This introductory chapter provides an insight into intercultural and international communication between employees from African countries and China. It highlights that communication and cooperation practices across cultures can be improved through intercultural competences to manage the contemporary challenges in Chinese-African business interactions successfully. This chapter gives the reader an insight into which intercultural competences are needed in international management in the specific contexts. It also presents and explains the aim and purpose of the book and its content.

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    Claude-Hélène Mayer

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Mayer, CH. (2019). Introduction. In: Mayer, CH., Louw, L., Boness, C.M. (eds) Managing Chinese-African Business Interactions. Palgrave Studies in African Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25185-7_1

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