TY - JOUR
T1 - Don't just say what you mean - Contextualize it
T2 - 69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2009
AU - Zander, Lena
AU - Mockaitis, Audra I.
AU - Harzing, Anne Wil
AU - Baldueza, Joyce
AU - Barner-Rasmussen, Wilhelm
AU - Barzantny, Cordula
AU - Canabal, Anne
AU - Davila, Anabella
AU - Espejo, Alvaro
AU - Ferreira, Rita
AU - Giroud, Axele
AU - Koester, Kathrin
AU - Liang, Yung Kuei
AU - Morley, Michael J.
AU - Myloni, Barbara
AU - O'Sullivan, Sharon Leiba
AU - Odusanya, Joseph O.T.
AU - Palaniappan, Ananda Kumar
AU - Prochno, Paulo
AU - Choudhury, Srabani Roy
AU - Saka, Ayse
AU - Siengthai, Sununta
AU - Viswat, Linda
AU - Soydas, Ayda Uzuncarsili
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - With the increasing adoption of English by corporations, the issue of language management in multilingual organizations and the pros and cons of standardization have been debated in the literature. Our study considers whether the language issue is as important as much of the literature suggests, and questions whether it is the root cause of difficulties in communication, interpretations of and reactions to management situations. We posit that more attention should be given to situational and contextual factors, and empirically test and compare the effects of language and other factors, on both workplace attitudes and reactions to specific leadership scenario-based situations across 17 countries. We find that nationality and personal characteristics shape one's way of thinking, interpretations and preferences more than the language imposed upon individuals.
AB - With the increasing adoption of English by corporations, the issue of language management in multilingual organizations and the pros and cons of standardization have been debated in the literature. Our study considers whether the language issue is as important as much of the literature suggests, and questions whether it is the root cause of difficulties in communication, interpretations of and reactions to management situations. We posit that more attention should be given to situational and contextual factors, and empirically test and compare the effects of language and other factors, on both workplace attitudes and reactions to specific leadership scenario-based situations across 17 countries. We find that nationality and personal characteristics shape one's way of thinking, interpretations and preferences more than the language imposed upon individuals.
KW - Culture
KW - Language
KW - Leadership
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85207467739&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85207467739
SN - 0065-0668
JO - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Y2 - 7 August 2009 through 11 August 2009
ER -
