Mind your language: The effects of linguistic ostracism on interpersonal work behaviors

• Main Authors: FISET, John, BHAVE, Devasheesh P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: language; linguistic ostracism; interpersonal citizenship behaviors; interpersonal deviance behaviors; disidentification; social self-efficacy; Interpersonal and Small Group Communication; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6208; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7207/viewcontent/Mind_your_language_The_effects_of_linguistic_ostracism_on_interpersonal_work_behaviors.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Business and demographic trends are conflating to bring language issues at work to the forefront. Although language has an inherent capacity for creating interpersonal bonds, it can also serve as a means of exclusion. The construct of linguistic ostracism encapsulates this phenomenon. Drawing on eth...