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    Business Commination Barrriers Faced by British and Algerian Staff in Sonatrach BP Equinor Association Located in In Salah Gas, Hassi Messaoud, (Ouragla, Algeria)
    (Mouloud Mammeri University OF Tizi-Ouzou, 2022) Belhamiche, Lilia; Iguer, Amel
    This study investigated the communication barriers faced by British and Algerian staff in Sonatrach BP Equinor Association located in In Salah Gas, Hassi-Messaoud, in the province of Ouargla. Four main objectives guided the study. First, the study sought to determine whether British and Algerian workers in Sonatrach BP Equinor Association encounter communication barriers. Second, it attempted to identify the barriers that interrupt business communication between British and Algerian staff. Third, it intended to investigate the impact of these barriers on communication. Fourth, it strived to identify the strategies used by British and Algerian staff to overcome these barriers. Our research relied on Newman and Ober’s book entitled “Business Communication: In Person, in Print, Online” (2013) as a theoretical framework. In order to collect and analyze data, the qualitative method was used. Data were collected using synchronous online interviews conducted with ten British and fourteen Algerian workers. The obtained findings were analyzed using Qualitative Content Analysis. The results revealed that the participants face both verbal and nonverbal communication barriers and that these barriers disrupt the communication process among colleagues. The findings also exposed some remedial strategies suggested by the interview participants to overcome these communication obstacles