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Article 1: Merritt, A. (2000). Culture in the cockpit do Hofstede’s dimensions replicate?. Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 31(3), 283-301.

Summary: Survey data collected from 9,400 male commercial airline pilots in 19 countries were used in a replication study of Hofstede’s indexes of national culture. The successful replication confirms that national culture exerts an influence on cockpit behavior over and above the professional culture of pilots, and that “one size fits all” training is inappropriate.

Article 2: Yang, W. (2012). Small talk: A strategic interaction in Chinese interpersonal business negotiations. Discourse & Communication, 6(1), 101-124.

Summary:  This empirical research provides an insight into the management of small talk (ST) and its interconnection with interpersonal relations in business negotiations, drawing on the study of its pragmatic allocation, modes and functions in business contexts. By examining ST applications in three interpersonal relationships (business stranger, friend and partner), the author explores how the interactional patterns of ST are associated with communicators’ interpersonal cognitive processes, demonstrating why ST should not be deemed ‘small’ in task-oriented contexts.

Article 3: Sobre-Denton, M. S. (2012). Stories from the Cage Autoethnographic Sensemaking of Workplace Bullying, Gender Discrimination, and White Privilege. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 41(2), 220-250.

Summary: This auto-ethnography examines white privilege and systemic discrimination within contexts of the author’s experiences as a white woman encountering workplace bullying.