{
  "title": "In Basel, is a shared language enough for teamwork?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/bale-langue-commune-performance-equipe-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2024-12-11",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Adopting English makes some exchanges easier, but does not put every team member on an equal footing. Research suggests distinguishing language fluency from expertise and actual understanding.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Team Performance",
  "place": {
    "name": "Basel",
    "region": "Bâle-Ville",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Helene Tenzer, Markus Pudelko and Anne-Wil Harzing (2014, Journal of International Business Studies) qualitatively examined trust formation in multinational teams in the German automotive industry."
    },
    {
      "heading": "When language redistributes status",
      "point": "Tsedal Neeley (2013, Organization Science) examined status distinctions associated with the use of English in a global company."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that teams should abandon a common language or systematically translate everything."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What these data do not demonstrate",
      "point": "These qualitative studies illuminate mechanisms, but do not measure the causal effect of a language policy on [team performance](/formation-performance-equipe-bale)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Basel",
      "point": "As part of SHR's “Performance d'équipe” programme, one exercise would be a four-week test of decision handovers in a Basel team working in pharmaceuticals, life sciences, Rhine logistics or international R&D."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Harzing",
      "year": "2014",
      "source": "Journal of International Business Studies"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Neeley",
      "year": "2013",
      "source": "Organization Science"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 427,
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/bale-langue-commune-performance-equipe-en",
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  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/bale",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}