Employee commitment to corporate globalization: The role of English language proficiency and human resource practices

Yamao, Sachiko; Sekiguchi, Tomoki

doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2014.03.001

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“…Neeley (2011) showed considerable stress and frustration among Japanese employees when one Japanese company implemented an organization-wide English-language mandate. Yamao and Sekiguchi (2015) found that for Japanese individuals, self-perceived English language proficiency and HR practices that promote learning a foreign language have direct and interactive effects on the affective and normative commitment to their firms' globalization. The authors recommended implementing HR practices that promote language learning.…”

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“…For example, more companies have begun to use scores in the Test of English for International Communication as a criteria for promotion to managerial positions (Nakamura, 2016). What is more, in the past few years, Rakuten (e-commerce hosting), Fast Retailing (fashion retailing), Nippon Sheet Glass (industrial glass), Nissan (automotive) and others have initiated English as the official corporate language (Neeley et al, 2012;Yamao and Sekiguchi, 2015). This 'Englishnization' (setting English as the official corporate language) has roused debate and some strong opposition (for example Tsuda, 2011;Norisada, 2012).…”

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International human resource management of Japanese multinational corporations: Challenges and future directions

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Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) enjoyed global success until the early 1990s, but recent trends have presented many challenges, necessitating adaptations to international human resource management (IHRM) and other management practices. In reviewing recent changes in the IHRM of Japanese MNCs by focusing on 'internal internationalization' at headquarters and 'external internationalization' in foreign subsidiaries, we develop a framework that elucidates these processes through the characteristics of industries and Japanese MNCs. Moreover, we discuss future research avenues for a deeper understanding of Japanese IHRM and generating new knowledge in the IHRM field.

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“…As pointed out, linguistic skills are among the main preconditions for conducting successful interactions, and language has significant effects on the levels of personal abilities and self-confidence of individuals (Yamao & Sekiguchi, 2015). As the both theories focus on the reduction of anxiety among individuals, the findings of a study in Japan indicated that the promotion of learning of a foreign language is an essential way to cultivate and increase the optimistic attitudes among individuals in an organization (Yamao & Sekiguch, 2015 The cited assertions of the above mentioned researchers and scholars indicate the connections between the proposed steps and preconditions of the mentioned theories for successful interactions among people from different backgrounds and the levels of their linguistic and communicative skills.…”

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“…Language proficiency is connected with the levels of self confidence and personal skills (Yamao & Sekiguchi, 2015). So far, the relationship between the levels of language proficiency and communication competence grabbed the attention of many researchers and scholars to work on these important and interrelated issues.…”

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A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among Arab Students in Malaysia

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2018

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This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP) and intercultural communication competence (ICCC) of Arab students in Malaysia. This study included both of the quantitative and the qualitative data sets to further the information. The participants of this study were 108 Arab students from nine different Asian and African nationalities. Based on the results of this study, English language was the main means of education for the participants, and the main means of their communication with students from other cultures. The results from this study found some significant correlations between the attributes of ELP and ICCC. The good levels of ELP encouraged and enabled individuals to be involved in daily interactions with their peers from different countries who speak different languages, and their interactions helped them to improve the levels of their ELP. Moreover, the participants who obtained higher scores in English language proficiency test got higher mean scores in ICCC as well. Based on the results, in some cases, their personal characteristics and the low levels of their ELP had negative effects on the process of interactions among Arab and other students. The results of this study may add some interesting information in the literature regarding the relationships between ELP and ICCC of Arab students in an Asian multicultural collegiate environment.

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“…Such studies usually associate employee commitment with socio-demographic variables and various factors related to job satisfaction (see e.g. Yamao andSekiguchi 2015, Huhtala andFeldt 2016). It is also true of scientific studies conducted in this subject, that initially To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.3846/btp.2018.13…”

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The Effect of Wages and Work Experiences on the Commitment of Hungarian Employees

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Krajcsák

2018

Business: Theory and Practice

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Abstract. The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is a verifiable correlation between the individuals' employee commitment dimensions (affective, continuance, normative, professional and deliberate) and the personal characteristics of these employees. Our research was carried out among the employees of 56 organizations based in Hungary. Organizations were selected by snowball method. A total of 1731 questionnaires were processed, besides descriptive statistical methods we have used variance analysis. We have found significant correlations between the ages of employees and the level of affective, continuance, normative and professional commitment as well, by age-grouping and wage-grouping too. The results show that the first communication mode also has a significant impact on these four commitment dimensions, and all of the commitment dimensions had a higher level among employees who was enquired by the organization (the direction of the first communication is from the organization to the employee).

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Employee commitment to corporate globalization: The role of English language proficiency and human resource practices

Cited by 68 publications

References 59 publications

International human resource management of Japanese multinational corporations: Challenges and future directions

International human resource management of Japanese multinational corporations: Challenges and future directions

A Study on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among Arab Students in Malaysia

The Effect of Wages and Work Experiences on the Commitment of Hungarian Employees

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