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"English as Corporate Language" in the Multilingual Reality of Multinational Companies
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Kankaanranta, Anne; Karhunen, Päivi; Louhiala-Salminen, Leena – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2018
This conceptual paper advances the notion of "English as corporate language" in the multilingual reality of multinational companies (MNC) with novel insights from the English as lingua franca (ELF) paradigm of sociolinguistics. Inspired by Goffman, Erving. 1959. "The presentation of self in everyday life." New York: Doubleday.…
Descriptors: Corporations, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Academic Staff--2017. Eurydice Report
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Crosier, David; Birch, Peter; Davydovskaia, Olga; Kocanova, Daniela; Parveva, Teodora – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2017
This report aims to provide insight into the realities faced by higher education academic staff at a time of fast-moving change and increasing societal demand. Fluctuating student numbers, new funding and steering mechanisms are among the features of today's European higher education landscape, but not enough is known about how academic staff are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Higher Education
Work-Related Goal Appraisals and Stress during the Transition from Education to Work
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Dietrich, Julia; Jokisaari, Markku; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
People's personal goals interact with their life situations in many ways. This study examined the appraisals of personal goals during a transition from education to work and their interplay with stress in different domains of life. Finnish young adults (N = 265, 60% female) reported on their goals in the work domain, and related appraisals of…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
Performance Dialogs Implemented in a Finnish University
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Takala, Marjatta; Keskinen, Soili – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This article analyses performance dialogs (PDs) in the university context in Finland. These are held annually between employers and employees. The study was carried out to assess the efficacy of this technique. Research methods included an electronic questionnaire over two different years delivered to the whole staff of the Department of Teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Universities
Management-by-Results and Performance Measurement in Universities--Implications for Work Motivation
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Kallio, Kirsi-Mari; Kallio, Tomi J. – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
The article focuses on the effects of management-by-results from the perspective of the work motivation of university employees. The study is based on extensive survey data among employees at Finnish universities. According to the results, performance measurement is based on quantitative rather than qualitative measures, and the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Administration, Governance, Management by Objectives
Assessment of Higher Education Personnel: Comparative Study of France and Finland
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Salmon, Emmanuel – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2007
The requirement to assess public employees is increasing within European public services. Dictated by budgetary imperatives and performance improvement concerns, it is becoming the norm in all administrations. One of the most sensitive areas of application is undoubtedly higher education. The traditional independence and autonomy of the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personnel Evaluation, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education