Loading...
Publication Date
2017-04
End of Embargo
Supervisor
Rights
© 2017 The Author(s). The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, vol 17/issue 1 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved.
Peer-Reviewed
Yes
Open Access status
openAccess
Accepted for publication
Institution
Department
Awarded
Embargo end date
Collections
Additional title
Abstract
Although language is gaining increasing attention in the international management literature, much of the existing empirical work takes a mechanistic approach and as such fails to give sufficient attention to the relationship between language policies and power. By synthesizing the language-sensitive literature in international management with that of organization studies, I demonstrate how the choice of language policy can be viewed as a particular application of power and how employees may seek to resist such choices. This is an important contribution to the cross-cultural management literature, as it extends the understanding of the link between language policies and power by moving away from neutral, pragmatic understandings of language use which have dominated previous research. In doing so, it provides future directions for empirical research in order to enable a deeper understanding of the microprocesses by which employees subjectively experience and resist the imposition of such policies.
Version
Accepted manuscript
Citation
Wilmot N (2017) Language and the faces of power: A theoretical approach. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. 17(1): 85-100.
Link to publisher’s version
Link to published version
Link to Version of Record
Type
Article