Language - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Apr 2022
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The Easy Way To Become Fluent In The Language Of Digital

12 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

Before this, I had spent years solidifying my knowledge of disease mechanisms, understanding clinical medicine paradigms, and most importantly, learning how to empathize with patients from all walks of life. Over time, I learned a common View Details

08 May 2015
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Adopting a common language can strengthen global companies

Multinational firms are increasingly mandating a common language—typically English—to gain efficiencies and enhance collaboration overall. Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley has discovered, however, that merely mandating a common language... View Details

26 Oct 2017
News

The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations

1 Jan 2007
Conference Presentation

Language Proficiency as a Stigma in International Work

By: Tsedal Beyene

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November 2006
Article

Strategies of Innovation and Imitation of Product Languages

By: Roberto Verganti

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01 May 2009
Conference Presentation

Language Matters: Lingua Franca Mandates and Status Hierarchy

By: Tsedal Neeley

Keywords: Communication; Status and Position

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1 Jul 2009
Conference Presentation

Language Matters: Lingua Franca Mandates and Status Hierarchy

By: Tsedal Neeley

Keywords: Communication; Status and Position

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25 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Learning the Language of Business and Science – The MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

misalignments can lead to inefficiencies that waste money and slow the development of important treatments. While the science-business gap in biotechnology poses a significant challenge, it also presents an opportunity. Professionals who understand the View Details

2023
Working Paper

In-Context Unlearning: Language Models as Few Shot Unlearners

By: Martin Pawelczyk, Seth Neel and Himabindu Lakkaraju

Machine unlearning, the study of efficiently removing the impact of specific training points on the trained model, has garnered increased attention of late, driven by the need to comply with privacy regulations like the Right to be Forgotten. Although unlearning is... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Copyright; Information

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30 Sep 2014
News

Language Investments Pay Big Dividends for Global Companies

1 Mar 2010
Conference Presentation

Language Mandates, Power & Emotions in Globally Distributed Teams

By: Tsedal Neeley

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Emotions; Power and Influence

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July 2016
Article

The Capital Market Consequences of Language Barriers in the Conference Calls of Non-U.S. Firms

By: Francois Brochet, Patricia L. Naranjo and Gwen Yu

We examine how language barriers affect the capital market reaction to information disclosures. Using transcripts from the English-language conference calls of non-U.S. firms, we find that the calls of firms in countries with greater language barriers are more likely... View Details

Keywords: Voluntary Disclosure; Capital Market Consequences; Non-plain English; Spoken Communication; Complexity; Capital Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

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June–July 2014
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Language as a Lightning Rod: Power Contests, Emotion Regulation, and Subgroup Dynamics in Global Teams

By: Pamela J. Hinds, Tsedal Neeley and Catherine Durnell Cramton

Through an ethnographic study comprised of interviews with and observations of 96 globally distributed members in six software development teams, we propose a model that captures how asymmetries in language fluency contribute to an us vs. them dynamic so common in... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Communication Intention and Meaning; Groups and Teams; Applications and Software; Emotions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Power and Influence; Information Technology Industry

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