“…Language in management studies that focus on the functional aspects of language defined as type iib (non-metafunctional studies) includes aspects of social cohesion and as a lingua franca (Luo and Shankar, 2006, Mäkelä et al, 2007, Wu, 2013); language as facilitative in trade (Ku and Zussman, 2010; Brannen and Salk, 2000; Beyene et al, 2009; Crick, 1999); language as facilitative in knowledge sharing (Cordeiro-Nilsson and Hawamdeh, 2011; Holden, 2002, Welch and Welch, 2008); language as function of cognition, context (culture), and situation (Brannen and Doz, 2012; Cutler, 2012; Du-Babcock, 2006; Hofstede, 2001; House et al, 2004); and language as ideology (Boussebaa et al, 2014; Hofstede, 1984; Tietze and Dick, 2013).…”