Managing Language Use in the Workplace

• Published in: Journal of behavioral and applied management Vol. 4; no. 2
• Main Authors: Krahnke, Karl, Hoffman, Lynn, Krahnke, Keiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 14.11.2016

The US workforce is increasingly linguistically and culturally complex. This paper examines the behavior of speaking languages other than English in the workplace, which sometimes results in conflict and litigation. In this paper, the authors examine this phenomenon from sociolinguistic (social rela...