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Corporate Governance: An International Review

The Silent Board: How Language Diversity May Influence the Work Processes of Corporate Boards

Journal Article
Reference
Piekkari, Rebecca, Lars Oxelheim and Trond Randøy (2015). “The Silent Board: How Language Diversity May Influence the Work Processes of Corporate Boards”. Corporate Governance: An International Review 23(1), 25–41. doi.org/10.1111/corg.12085

Authors
Rebecca Piekkari, Lars Oxelheim, Trond Randøy

Corporate boards often change their working language when they acquire foreign members. Consequently, boards “talk” in one language but “think” in another. The present study explores and explains how language diversity influences work processes of corporate boards.

Lars Oxelheim

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