Language Training for Enhanced Horizontal Communication: A Challenge for MNCs
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Business Communication Quarterly
- Vol. 65 (2), 9-29
- https://doi.org/10.1177/108056990206500202
Abstract
Horizontal communication between subsidiaries of the same multinational corpo ration (MNC) is a Problem faced by staff as the demands for communicating across borders are pushed downwards in the organizational hierarchy. Although the choice of English as the common corporate language alleviates some of the hor izontal communication problems, it does not solve them all-particularly not when many subsidiaries are located in non-English speaking countries. In that situation, horizontal communication between subsidiaries can be a significant casualty.Keywords
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