...Michał Wilczewski; Mary Vigier; Wei Lu; Hélène Langinier; Paola Giuri; Sheila M. Puffer Purpose Language barriers significantly influence the experiences of international employees and students. However, existing research offers mixed results and mostly focuses on English-speaking countries...

... of them so significant as to pose an obstacle to a successful business co‐operation. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Language management Multinational companies Language barrier Volume 10 Number 2 2003 53 Ethos, Culture and Reform Patterns: Some British-Yugoslav Comparison Zeljko Sevic The Author...

... barrier to aspirations of international harmonisation. The article reviews the solutions open to multinational companies in term of language management. Before that, however, it discusses the aforementioned trend to globalisation outlines the dimensions of the language barrier and illustrates its...