Dr. Ping Du
Assistant Professor
Humanities and Social Sciences
The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
China
Biography
My major expertise is in research and business executive training in Intercultural and Workplace communication. I’m interested in the interpretation and explanation of workplace interactive behaviours drawing on pragmatics, sociolinguistics and cross-cultural psychology. I work with authentic interactive data such as workplace meetings and emails, as well as other ethnographic data such as interviews, field observation notes and various types of organizational documents collected in the multicultural workplace. Currently, I'm working on an ethnographic study of management crisis and conflict communication in multicultural workplaces. I am interested in the pragmatic strategies that Chinese and international participants employ in the conflict resolution and problem solving processes. The papers I am working on right now focus on the functions of laughter, especially shared laughter, in conflictual and problem solving meetings.
Research Interest
intercultural communication, workplace discourse, sociolinguistics, and relational language use (politeness) in spoken or digital discourse (English and/or Chinese).
Publications
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Du, P. (2009) “Intercultural Differences in Rapport Strategies for Problem Talks at Workplace Meetings: A Case Study.†Presented at CAFIC (China Association for Intercultural Communication) 2009, Beijing, China, June 11-14, 2009.
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Du, P. (2013) “Intercultural Communication in the Chinese Workplace: A Case Study.†Presented at IALIC2013 (the 13th International conference of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication), Hong Kong, November 29--December 1, 2013.
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Du, P. (2017) “Laughter in Intercultural Conflict Resolution Meetings.†Presented at CAFIC (China Association for Intercultural Communication) 2017, Ningbo, China, June 22-23, 2017.
