A fast growing number of studies demonstrates that language diversity influences almost all
management decisions in modern multinational corporations. Whereas no doubt remains …

Demographic, technological, and global trends have brought the language used at the
workplace to the forefront. A growing body of research reveals that language could result in …

Moving beyond two main concepts of'interlingual'and'intralingual'discrimination, this
Cambridge Element addresses the concept of'translingual discrimination', which refers to …

This study systematically investigates how language barriers influence trust formation in
multinational teams (MNTs). On the basis of 90 interviews with team members, team leaders …

Foreign language anxiety (FLA) is a negative emotional reaction that many migrant English
as a foreign language (EFL) learners encounter when learning or using English in a host …

Abstract Language lies at the heart of international business (IB) activities. It is a necessary
constituent of ongoing sequences of decisions and resource commitments that characterize …

Based on an ethnographic study comprising interviews with and observations of 96 globally
distributed members of six software development teams, we propose a model that captures …

Using interview data from managers in eight German and Japanese corporate HQs and their
subsidiaries in Japan or Germany, we provide the first large-scale empirical analysis of the …

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 …

The importance of language differences in multinational companies (MNCs) can hardly be
overlooked. This paper therefore provides the first large-scale quantitative overview of …