language used by scholars to communicate management practice. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is to consider the … stylistic perspective of the language used for management theorising or research, viewing the documents produced by management … they seek to describe and analyse. Findings – The paper uncovers the poetic aspects buried – often deeply – in the language …

essential tasks of poetry. Findings – The paper concludes that the especial gift of poetry, as “something made in language”, is …

more than grammatical. Each constitutes a different socially constructed world, uses a different language and is borne on a …

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to reassert the status of language as a topic of major interest to researchers … literature and case study evidence in order to track an important shift taking place in the status of language management …. Findings – The emergence of the transnational corporation transforms the nature and significance of language from a minor issue …

It is often said, in business and business schools, that accounting is the language of business. This paper attempts to … deconstruct this nostrum by demonstrating the possibility of a language of business existing and why accounting is not it. The …

Purpose – The service management literature emphasizes the importance of communication, but language difficulties can … communicate in a second language to identity the antecedents that drive consumer language preferences. Design … in a second language, and identifies second language skills as an antecedent in countries with little political tensions …