¿Están hablando de mí?: Challenges for multilingual organizations

Offermann, Lynn R.; Matos, Kenneth; DeGraaf, Sumona Basu

doi:10.1108/jmp-10-2012-0315

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“…The Category 2 authors show how language may create faultlines in the organization by influencing the perceived status of employees (Neeley, ), particularly when fluency in the designated corporate language becomes a criterion for evaluating the employees’ performance (Hinds et al, ). This may lead to divisions into ingroups and outgroups (Hinds et al, ; Klitmøller et al, ; Kulkarni, ; Offermann et al, ). Tenzer et al () show how members of multinational teams may erroneously attribute language‐based friction to their colleagues’ personalities, and consequently form negative attitudes about members of other speech communities (see also Voss and Ferring, ).…”

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Let’s Talk about Language: A Review of Language‐Sensitive Research in International Management

Karhunen

Kankaanranta

Louhiala‐Salminen

et al. 2018

J Management Studies

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This paper explores the assumptions underlying the core concept of language used in the growing field of language‐sensitive research in international management. We reviewed 92 articles on the topic of language(s) in multinational corporations published during the period 1997‐2015, and applied a linguistic lens to uncover how these articles ‘talk about language’. The assumptions found in these articles can be grouped into three complementary categories that take a structural, functional or social practice view of language. We go beyond the review by also reflecting on the consequences that these underlying assumptions have for the study of language in multinationals. We consider the social practice view the most promising one, and propose a future research agenda for advancing it and thereby contributing to theorizing about the multinational corporation more broadly.

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Section: Findings Of the Review: Articulating Underlying Assumptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Let’s Talk about Language: A Review of Language‐Sensitive Research in International Management

Karhunen

Kankaanranta

Louhiala‐Salminen

et al. 2018

J Management Studies

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“…Turchick-Hakak et al, 2010;Zikic et al, 2010), others have focused on the perspective of host country nationals toward immigrants (e.g. Offermann et al, 2014).…”

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Congruence of economic mobility beliefs and immigrants’ self-esteem

Guerrero

Hakak

2019

JGM

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Purpose A dark side of global mobility is that many immigrants have negative work outcomes. Studies have analyzed the antecedents to poor work outcomes from the immigrants’ point of view or from that of host country nationals. The purpose of this paper is to propose a relational model, which applies terror management theory to address how the economic mobility beliefs of immigrants and host country nationals interact and how these different combinations of beliefs affect the self-esteem of immigrants. Design/methodology/approach This theoretical model considers the impact of the social interactions between immigrants and host country nationals when immigrants’ mortality is salient. Findings In hostile environments that make immigrants’ mortality salient, lack of confirmation of immigrants’ beliefs about economic mobility from host country nationals can lead to a decrease in immigrants’ self-esteem and therefore to negative work outcomes. Practical implications As the number of immigrants grows, so do concerns about their ability to contribute to the economy. Lack of confirmation of their beliefs in a context in which their mortality is salient, is likely to lead to lower self-esteem and perhaps other negative outcomes. Originality/value This paper is the first, to the authors’ knowledge, to use terror management theory to advance our understanding of the outcome of a lack of confirmation from host country nationals of immigrants’ beliefs on economic mobility under conditions of mortality salience.

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“…Indeed, there exist certain benefits of linguistic and/or ethnic homogeneity in work teams such as reduced misunderstandings and increased consensus and efficiency, whereas mixed teams can contribute to stress and anxiety. Simultaneously, known positive outcomes of mixed teams include reduced prejudice (Offermann, Matos, & Basu DeGraaf, 2014). In any case, many parts of today's workforce are becoming increasingly diverse by design or by default, partly as a necessity and partly as a deliberate attempt at tackling challenges of discrimination.…”

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Lost in translation: A framework for analysing complexity of co-production settings in relation to epistemic communities, linguistic diversities and culture

Nikulina

Lindal²,

Baumann

et al. 2019

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Planning in modern urban environments requires skills to address complexity in order to move towards sustainability. Co-production of knowledge in transdisciplinary groups represents a useful tool in such contexts. Using the concepts of epistemic communities, linguistic diversity and culture, the article proposes a conceptual framework for analysing complexity of co-production settings, as an indispensable means of managing complex challenges, thus making these complexities visible for the project leader (facilitator) and the participants of the co-production process. We evaluate the framework on the basis of inclusivity, cross-sectoral understanding, applicability in different contexts and time perspectives. Based on the framework, we identify several aspects that a process leader (facilitator) would need to address when preparing for a coproduction process: linguistic equality between participants, disciplinary integrity, a working culture of mutual respect, simultaneous mitigation and informed facilitation. Finally, the article suggests possible future research areas related to development of the framework, including (i) identification of levels of complexity and mapping specific tools to address complexity at each level; (ii) integration of other factors of complexity, such as political and institutional contexts, as well as diversity of gender and age in the facilitated group.

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¿Están hablando de mí?: Challenges for multilingual organizations

Cited by 16 publications

References 29 publications

Let’s Talk about Language: A Review of Language‐Sensitive Research in International Management

Let’s Talk about Language: A Review of Language‐Sensitive Research in International Management

Congruence of economic mobility beliefs and immigrants’ self-esteem

Lost in translation: A framework for analysing complexity of co-production settings in relation to epistemic communities, linguistic diversities and culture

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