How non-native English-speaking staff are evaluated in linguistically diverse organizations: A sociolinguistic perspective

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1133-1151

  ͆liwa, Martyna ^a   Johansson, Marjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academia; Language (language design; linguistic diversity; organizational inequalities; silent language; translation)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910026822     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2014.21     Document Type: Review

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