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Park, Joseph Sung-Yul – Applied Linguistics, 2020
In the highly multicultural workplace of today's multinational corporations (MNCs), translating across different cultures becomes a crucial issue. But what precisely counts as culture in the global workplace of the MNC? What does it exactly mean to be able to translate across cultures under the regimes of evaluation adopted by MNCs? In this…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Work Environment, Corporations, International Trade
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Rashtchi, Mojgan; Joze Ramezani, Rahim – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
The present qualitative study aimed to investigate the role of Business English as Lingua Franca (BELF) courses in learners' success in communication in an Iranian company. In doing so, 25 adult BELF learners were selected from an automotive parts manufacturing company in Tehran, Iran. They were the employees of a company consisting of men and…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Berezkina, Maimu – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2018
The purpose of this study is to understand how institutional language managers make and legitimize decisions about language choice on state websites. The focus lies on state institutions in two technologically advanced European nation-states: Estonia and Norway. The analysis is empirically based on interviews with employees at the institutions who…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Usage, Web Sites, Decision Making
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Limon, David; Novak Lukanovic, Sonja – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
The paper considers whether bilingualism has an economic value in Slovenia's two ethnically mixed regions, or whether its value is more related to identity, and restricted primarily to the personal, educational and cultural spheres. Specifically, it asks whether bilingualism is rewarded on the labour market and what local people think about this…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Ethnic Groups, Slavic Languages, Foreign Countries
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Lønsmann, Dorte; Kraft, Kamilla – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2018
Transnational mobility results in a diversification of languages and cultures in the workplace. A common means of managing this diversity is to introduce language policies that often privilege English or the locally dominant language(s). In contrast, managing their everyday working lives may require employees to draw on a range of multilingual and…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Multilingualism, Work Environment, Power Structure
Shaffer, Christopher A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which three academic libraries in the Southeastern United States could be considered diverse. This was a multi-site, mixed methods study. It examined the climate and culture of the libraries, which was assessed through two methods; the first, through survey responses from full-time faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Mixed Methods Research, Organizational Climate, Organizational Culture