Managing multilingual workplaces : methodological, empirical and pedagogic perspectives / edited by Sierk Horn, Philippe Lecomte, and Susanne Tietze.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horn, Sierk, editor.

Lecomte, Philippe, editor.

Tietze, Susanne, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy.

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in management--Cross-cultural studies.

Communication in management.

Multilingual communication.

Intercultural communication.

International business enterprises--Management--Cross-cultural studies.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 235 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

This book sets new trajectories for language-sensitive business and management research and pedagogy. The existence of language plurality characterises these. Empirical studies have been established as important and relevant for contemporary research. It has shifted language-sensitive research from the periphery to the centre of international management research. However, this field is rapidly changing, and new thematic approaches have begun to emerge. By addressing this, the book offers genuine and more nuanced insights into existing themes and comes with applications of emergent conceptual developments in different settings. The second part of the book covers methodologies and gives examples and cutting-edge insights into the role of translation in the execution of empirical research and theorising arising from it. Finally, the book draws together innovative ways of how to address the challenges of a multilingual teaching classroom and how to innovate in order to incorporate such diversity through pedagogic practice. This book provides a source that unites insights from multilingual empirical research, methodological considerations and pedagogic practice in order to advance knowledge and debate. It will be a ‘handy source’ of information that offers direct access to the latest guidance on language-sensitive management challenges. It will, therefore, appeal to an internationally-minded and mobile audience, including scholars, students and decision-makers.

Contents:

Section 1 Methods and Methodologies in Multilingual Research

New Perspectives and Approaches to Language-Based Research

1 Moving Beyond the Baseline: Exploring the Potential of Experiments in Language Research

2 How to Research 'Empowerment' in Russia: Absence, Equivalence and Method

3 Translating Western Research Methodology Into Chinese: A Contextualised Approach in Practice

4 Translatorial Linguistic Ethnography in Organizations

Section 2 Empirical Research on Language at Work

Innovation in Empirical Studies: The Individuals' Reflexivity

5 The Impact of Language Diversity on Multinational Teamwork

6 Exploring Translanguaging in International Business. Towards a Comparison of Highly Context-Embedded Practices: Evidence From France and Finland

7 Towards a Framework of Individuals' Responses to Language Asymmetry

8 Learning in a Multilingual and Multicultural Business Setting: Polish Expatriates' Stories of Critical Incidents in China

Section 3 The Role of Language in International Business Education

A New Look at the Role of Language in Business Education

9 "At the Beginning, I Thought the Topic Was Boring": Educating Business Students in Language Diversity Through Transformative Learning

10 Language Management in the Global Firm: Transforming Research Into Education

11 From the Multilingual Classroom to the Multilingual Workplace: Learning to View Language Through a Different Lens

Section 4 Conclusion

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780429431128 (e-book)

9781138364790 (hbk.)

9780367521615 (pbk.)

0-429-77503-2

0-429-77504-0

0-429-43112-0

9780429431128

OCLC:

1143824784