Intercultural Business Communication

Many experts in the field of communication theory believe that "intercultural business communication" and "cross-cultural business communication" are basically two different terms with the same meaning. Cross-cultural business communication is a British term for intercultural business communication. There have been some studies comparing different styles of leadership, as well as studies looking at the different negotiation strategies involved in cross-cultural interaction. Still some may argue that cross-cultural communication implies a comparison between cultures while intercultural communication focuses more on the process.Systematically, business communication is just a single branch of communication theory. To better understand business communication, we must first understand the basic concepts of communication in general. As a result of the large amount of research that has been completed in the field, it has been found that the best way to improve communication is, first, to understand exactly happening in the intercultural communication process. Intercultural communication is a process independent of any given culture, and therefore worthy of study in its own right.