Sub-theme 31: Perspectives on Management Expertise and Advice in Global and Linguistically Diverse Organizational Contexts [merged with sub-theme 42]
Convenors:
Stefan Heusinkveld, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Martyna Śliwa, University of Essex, UK
Andrew Sturdy, University of Bristol, UK
Session I: Thursday, July 02, 11:00 to 12:30, COM-2105
Comparative Perspectives on the Consumption of Management Expertise
Chair: Stefan Heusinkveld
Frida Pemer, Love Börjeson and Andreas Werr
Government agencies' use of management consulting services in Sweden: an explorative study
Andrew Sturdy and Joe O'Mahoney
Corporate professions in national contexts – a review and framework for analysing the demand for management consulting
Annick Van Rossem
What shapes the decision-making process of hiring a consultancy? The perception and selection of management consultants, a
comparative perspective
Session II: Thursday, July 02, 14:00 to 15:30, COM-2105
Translating Management Expertise in MNC Contexts
Chair: Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen
Gabriela Gutierrez Huerter O, Jeremy Moon , Stefan Gold and Wendy Chapple
Translating corporate social reporting into local practices: Variations within a multi-national corporation
Hélène Langinier and Sabine Ehrhart
When local meets global: translanguaging practices in a cross-border organization
Katharina Glaesener, Thomas Afflerbach and Daniela Rastetter
Opening the black box of power and language in MNCs: The case of multicultural teams
Session III: Thursday, July 02, 16:00 to 17:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: The Inter and intra-organizational Flow of Management Expertise - Room: COM-2105
Chair: Andreas Werr
Stephanos Avakian
The social construction of corporate identity in CSR: The case of management consultancy
Hannele Seeck and Marjo-Riitta Diehl
Managerial narratives of the intra-organizational dissemination of management ideas
Marlieke van Grinsven, Stefan Heusinkveld and Jos Benders
Getting the board on board and keeping it that way: The role of boundary spanning agents in the translation of management
concepts
Sükrü Özen
How does M-form from the US become holding in Turkey? A comparative study on glocalization
Parallel Stream B: Language as a tool for constructing knowledge in/about organizations - Room: PIERCE-624
Chair: Marjana Johansson
Patrícia Cristina do Nascimento Souto and Maria Hammarén
Crafting intercultural-knowing-skills through dialogical reflections on the knowing-in-practice and practical knowledge of
the different others
Claudine Gaibrois and Chris Steyaert
Beyond individual influence: The multiple facets of boundary spanning in multilingual organizations
Vincent Meyer
Performance management practices in china: convergence, divergence or hybridization?
Dimitra Vladimirou and Maria Daskalaki
Crisis discourses in organization studies: Movements across centers and peripheries
Session IV: Friday, July 03, 09:00 to 10:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: The impact of management expertise on Professional Service Firms - Room: COM-2105
Chair: Laura Empson
Lucie Noury, Sébastien Gand and Jean-Claude Sardas
Loosening the consulting organisational machinery? A comparative study of work-life balance practices in two consulting firms
Marina Michalski
In search of integrity: Diglossia and othering in journalistic work processes
Yvette Taminiau, Stefan Heusinkveld and Evelien van Riel
The impact of regulation on the internal dynamic within big 4 accounting firms
Parallel Stream B: Common Language in Linguistically Diverse Contexts - Room: PIERCE-624
Chair: Martyna Śliwa
Tsedal B. Neeley and Tracy L. Dumas
Unearned status gain: Evidence from a global language mandate
Betty BEELER and Philippe Lecomte
Common language or common ground? A negotiated language perspective
Andrew Linn, Guro R. Sanden and Rebecca Piekkari
Language standardization in sociolinguistics and international business: theory and practice across the table
Session V: Friday, July 03, 14:00 to 15:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Perspectives on the Client–Expert Relationship - Room: COM-2105
Chair: Andrew Sturdy
Isaac Waisberg
Why advisers fail so often and how they can do better: A social structural perspective on advice giving
Stephanos Avakian and Asem Aldhalaan
The influence of culture on knowledge exchange between international consultants and local clients: the case of Saudi Arabia
Gary Brown and Claire McKenzie
Otherness, uncertainty and ethicality: Positioning practices and client-consultant relations in a small consultancy firm
Parallel Stream B: Communication in Linguistically Diverse Contexts - Room: PIERCE-624
Chair: Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen
Johanna Koroma, Niina Nurmi, Marianne Leinikka and Satu Pakarinen
Business English Lingua Franca and employee stress: a multi-method case-study in KONE, a multinational corporation
Rebecca Piekkari and D. Eleanor Westney
Relying on a parent country language in a multilingual MNC: A reassessment of the Japanese experience
Vasilisa Sayapina and Katya Christensen
Individuals' linguistic strategies in MNEs: A linguistic capital view
Taeyoung Yoo and Cheol Ja Jeong
Language barrier and knowledge transfer in multinational organizations: The moderating role of translators' task- and job-identities
Session VI: Saturday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, COM-2105
Boundaries and Knowledge Flow in Linguistically Diverse Contexts
Chair: Marjana Johansson
Session VII: Saturday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, COM-2105
Translating Management Expertise in National Contexts
Chair: Andreas Werr