Codeswitching in Malaysian Business and Its Role in the Management of Conflict

This research attempts to delineate some of the patterns of codeswitching, observable in business situations in Malaysia and to spell out some of the implications of this phenomenon for the management of conflict. The study considers Codeswitching as triking feature of business communication in Mal...

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Main Author: Elaine Morais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
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Online Access:https://ijps.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3565
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spelling doaj-art-0dc49ae8d545401db6bf8dfcdea1203e2025-08-20T02:27:52ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-06-0191Codeswitching in Malaysian Business and Its Role in the Management of ConflictElaine Morais0University of Malaya, Malaysia This research attempts to delineate some of the patterns of codeswitching, observable in business situations in Malaysia and to spell out some of the implications of this phenomenon for the management of conflict. The study considers Codeswitching as triking feature of business communication in Malaysia, which is found at all levels of the business hierarchy, but is particularly evident at the middle and lower levels. https://ijps.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3565codeswitching;business communication; conflict management
spellingShingle Elaine Morais
Codeswitching in Malaysian Business and Its Role in the Management of Conflict
Journal of Modern Languages
codeswitching;
business communication; conflict management
title Codeswitching in Malaysian Business and Its Role in the Management of Conflict
title_full Codeswitching in Malaysian Business and Its Role in the Management of Conflict
title_fullStr Codeswitching in Malaysian Business and Its Role in the Management of Conflict
title_full_unstemmed Codeswitching in Malaysian Business and Its Role in the Management of Conflict
title_short Codeswitching in Malaysian Business and Its Role in the Management of Conflict
title_sort codeswitching in malaysian business and its role in the management of conflict
topic codeswitching;
business communication; conflict management
url https://ijps.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3565
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