The relationship between corporate language and career mobility: evidence from MNCs in Russia and Finland

Abstract

Goal of the research: To investigate the influence of corporate language on career mobility of employees in MNCs in Russia and Finland Main tasks of the research: • Review the existing literature on corporate language in different countries including Russia, and career mobility of employees in MNCs and define the main definitions; • Indicate the research gaps in the existing literature; • Explain the conceptual model of the relationship between corporate language and career mobility; • Develop a questionnaire for the empirical assessment and explain the measures and variables; • Collect and analyze the two sets of data from MNCs in Russia and Finland; Explain the findings and make the conclusions on influence of corporate language on career mobility comparing the two countries; • Explain theoretical contributions, develop managerial implications and prepare recommendations for the future research in the field. Results: • The analysis of existing literature found the research gaps of an overall lack of researches on the proposed topic, especially for Russia; • The conceptual model was defined and explained; the survey for quantitative analysis was developed and the two sets of data were collected; • Quantitative analysis of data was done using different statistical tools; • Corporate language proved to have influence on career mobility of employees in both countries, which was discussed as main findings; • Main theoretical, empirical, managerial implications as well as contributions for further research were discussed.