...Huiping Xian; Yingying He; Fanke Huang; Paul Latreille Purpose This study aims to advance knowledge in international management research about how researchers’ cultural identity in fieldwork encounters may be grounded in the choice of language in multicultural and multilingual projects. Design...

...Jonna Ristolainen; Virpi Outila; Rebecca Piekkari Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the reversal of language hierarchy in a Finnish multinational corporation (MNC) from a political perspective. This paper situated the language hierarchy in the historical context of the colonial-style...

.../methodology/approach This investigation takes the form of a systemic literature review to examine the treatment of translation in the IBM literature through a postcolonial lens. Findings The findings demonstrate that despite growing interest in language in international business, matters of translation...

...Minna Logemann; Rebecca Piekkari Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to previous research on intraorganizational power in multinational corporations (MNCs). It shows that a subsidiary manager may use language and acts of translation to resist control from headquarters and to (re...

...John Blenkinsopp; Maryam Shademan Pajouh Purpose Issues of language in international business have been the focus of a growing body of theoretical and empirical work. This paper aims to contribute to this literature, focusing specifically on issues of translation. The role of translator will vary...

... formulated in the same language, can be disturbed by culture, meaning that language barriers do not exist independently of cultural systems. These different streams of research have made various contributions in opening up the field for more multifaceted and context‐sensitive understandings of culture...

...Banerjee; Prasad; Martyna Śliwa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the post‐colonial literature by addressing the phenomenon of language spread in relation to the spread of languages other than Polish within the Polish society since the end of the eighteenth century until...