Language Fluency, Socialization and Inter-Unit Relationships in Chinese and Finnish Subsidiaries

By Wilhelm Barner‐Rasmussen, Ingmar Björkman. Management and Organization Review, 2007

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Why and how does shared language affect subsidiary knowledge inflows? A social identity perspective (2015, background): “Our theorizing also expands existing language research in IB that refers to shared identity (e.g., Barner-Rasmussen & Björkman, 2007; Peltokorpi & Vaara, 2014) by clearly disentangling the conceptual link between language commonalities and shared identity.”
The impact of language barriers on trust formation in multinational teams (2014, background): “For instance, Barner-Rasmussen and Björkman (2007) found a strong connection between language proficiency and perceived trustworthiness in the relationship between different units of an MNC. Feely and Harzing (2003) suggested that language barriers can distort and damage relationships 5 and…”
Host country language ability and expatriate adjustment: the moderating effect of language difficulty (2015, background): “Barner-Rasmussen and Björkman (2007) found language fluency to be positively associated with positive inter-unit relationships.”
Knowledge transfer in multinational corporations: Productive and counterproductive effects of language-sensitive recruitment (2014, background): “Previous research in this area suggests that language commonality facilitates identification with the MNC, which in turn enhances knowledge transfer (Ambos & Ambos, 2009; Barner-Rasmussen & Björkman, 2007; Phene et al., 2005).”