Panchanit Snape
PhD candidate, LIGS University, USA

MLA 8
Snape, Panchanit. "A Systematic Review of Cross-Cultural Workplace Communication Challenges in Thailand." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 10, no. 9, Sept. 2025, pp. 3646-3669, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i09.001. Accessed Sept. 2025.
APA 6
Snape, P. (2025, September). A Systematic Review of Cross-Cultural Workplace Communication Challenges in Thailand. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 10(9), 3646-3669. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i09.001
Chicago
Snape, Panchanit. "A Systematic Review of Cross-Cultural Workplace Communication Challenges in Thailand." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 10, no. 9 (September 2025), 3646-3669. Accessed September, 2025. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i09.001.

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