Sub-theme 43: The Power of Language(s): A Linguistic Perspective on Organizational Realities
Convenors:
Martyna Śliwa, Newcastle University Business School, UK
Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen, Hanken School of Economics, Finland
Marjana Johansson, Essex University Business School, UK
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, CSC, 1st floor, Green Section, Salle Marie-Husny
Bourdieu, Language and Organisation
Chair: Martyna Śliwa
Ron Kerr and Sarah Robinson
Language and symbolic power in changing social fields: English as a vehicle for neoliberalism in UK-funded development projects
in the 1990s
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Monika Müller and Christian Huber
Lilian Monteiro and Alketa Peci
Linguistic capital and power relations in the field of Brazilian organizational studies
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sarah Robinson and Ron Kerr
Martin Messner, Monika Müller and Christian Huber
'It changes everything': Ikea and the powerful influence of one single word
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Lilian Alfaia Monteiro
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, CSC, 1st floor, Green Section, Salle Marie-Husny
Voices and Practices in/of Translation I
Chair: Martyna Śliwa
Sylwia Ciuk and Philip James
Found in translation: Carving out spaces for local agency in a Polish subsidiary of an American MNC
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Michal Izak
Gareth Edwards, Doris Schedlitzki and Gethin While
Leadership and the Welsh language
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sylwia Ciuk
Michal Izak
Managing carnival: Translating the translation into monologue in a bureaucratic institutional framework
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Gareth Edwards
Session III: Thursday, July 04, 16:00 to 17:30, CSC, 1st floor, Green Section, Salle Marie-Husny
Voices and Practices in/of Translation II
Chair: Marjana Johansson
Jaana Maria Kettunen
Application of translated standards in the production of the financial statements for a multilingual audience
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Doris Schedlitzki
Edyta Kostanek
Translation of organizational practices in multinational corporations. A case of HR 'magic potions' mixed up in Polish context
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jaana Maria Kettunen
Doris Schedlitzki, Pasi Ahonen, Gareth Edwards, Hugo Gaggiotti and Paresh Wankhade
Leadership and language: A research agenda
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Edyta Kostanek
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, CSC, 1st floor, Green Section, Salle Marie-Husny
Enacting Multilingual Realities I
Chair: Marjana Johansson
Maddy Janssens and Chris Steyaert
Re-considering language from a cosmopolitan understanding: Towards a multilingua franca approach in MNCs
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Hélène Langinier
Nathalie Aichhorn
Bridging the language gap in MNCs
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Maddy Janssens
Hélène Langinier and Sabine Ehrhart
Managing language diversity in the multilingual workplaces: The specific case of Luxembourg
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Nathalie Aichhorn
Session V: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, CSC, 1st floor, Green Section, Salle Marie-Husny
Enacting Multilingual Realities II
Chair: Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen
Jane Kassis, Philippe Lecomte, Linda Cohen and Betty Beeler
Managing the power of linguistic diversity as a strategic asset in multinational companies
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Claudine Gaibrois
Claudine Gaibrois
"Battlefields" and "barriers", "common terrain" and "paved ways": Repertoires on (a)symmetries related to language use and
choice in multilingual organizations
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jérôme Saulière
Session VI: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, CSC, 1st floor, Green Section, Salle Marie-Husny
Discourse, Language and Power
Chair: Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen
Simone Guercini and Christian Lechner
From absorptive capacity to competence attrition: A linguistic-based theory on external knowledge acquisition
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Mairi Maclean
Mairi Maclean and Charles Harvey
Understanding the philanthropic journey: A narrative approach
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Simone Guercini
Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, CSC, 1st floor, Green Section, Salle Marie-Husny
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