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Code-switching in newly formed multinational project teams : challenges, strategies and effects
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Vigier, Mary and Spencer-Oatey, Helen (2017) Code-switching in newly formed multinational project teams : challenges, strategies and effects. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 17 (1). pp. 23-37. doi:10.1177/1470595816684151 ISSN 1470-5958.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470595816684151
Abstract
Based on an ethnographic-like case study comprising observations and interviews with members of three newly formed multinational project teams, our study explores the micro-processes of interactional teamwork and captures how the three teams develop strategies for managing the challenges of code-switching in their interactions. Findings from our study suggest that teams interpret the impact of code-switching challenges differently in spite of the fact that they are performing similar activities, suggesting that adopting (clearly defined) rules for managing interactions may not be as effective as the presence of other factors within the teams. Our findings extend theory on the use of a common working language in multinational teams and go beyond this by illustrating how individual teams establish practices for handling the challenges of code-switching and the effects of these on team interactions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Multinational work teams, Teams in the workplace , Code switching (Linguistics) , Intercultural communication, Communication, International | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Cross Cultural Management | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 1470-5958 | ||||||
Official Date: | 13 April 2017 | ||||||
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Volume: | 17 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 23-37 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1470595816684151 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 April 2017 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 April 2017 |
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