Consumers' experiences of appropriate sales interaction - a speech code theory perspectice
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2017Tekijä(t)
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10.24434/j.scoms.2017.01.003Metadata
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Koponen Jonna. Julkunen Saara. (2017). Consumers' experiences of appropriate sales interaction - a speech code theory perspectice. Studies in Communication Sciences, 17 (1) , 25-41. 10.24434/j.scoms.2017.01.003.Oikeudet
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Little is known about what kind of salesperson-consumer interaction is valued in different cultures. We explore the influence of national speech culture in sales-related communication in business-to-consumer (B2C) environments. We apply speech codes theory to identify the B2C context-specific speech codes attached to the sales-related communication described in consumers’ narratives. The results inform three discourses among sales-related communication: consumer orientation, professionalism and independency. The results suggest that independency, fact-oriented talk, and consumer-oriented communication are central speech codes related to the B2C sales context in Finland. Furthermore, the results describe a cultural norm for appropriate sales-related communication.