..., and not simply as a skill applicable to tasks requiring language proficiency, suggesting practical implications for human resource and organizational management. Originality/value This is the first sequential explanatory study focusing on the task-switching ability of multilinguals as an antecedent to change...

... on existing theory and empirical studies related to cultural diversity and workplace communication to analyze how meaning is continually co-negotiated. Findings The pressure to interact efficiently with team members with different language and cultural backgrounds leads to the foregrounding of certain...

..., languaging and interaction – are illustrated. After that follows the main content of this paper, namely, description of identity change processes in a way in which the focus is on two approaches: “Unintentional identity change” and “Intentional identity change”. To put another way, process thinking...

... power and equality are communicated in language behaviors located throughout daily interaction in organizational settings. The topic is of import because power and equality are not abstractions hovering above actors. Rather, throughout daily interaction individuals use linguistic behaviors...