
Global Communication Skills – what are they and how can they be fostered?
A large number of industry reports and academic papers have repeatedly reported that communication skills – and skills related to them (e.g. working in diverse teams) – are highly sought after by employers. Yet at the same time, there are also reports that graduates are not always meeting employers’ expectations in this regard, including in their ability to function well in an increasingly globalising world. So, what is the problem? A newly published study by Dauber and Spencer-Oatey explored the issue by researching which factors affect the development of global communication skills.