LEADER 03634oam 2200721I 450 001 9910791125803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-97828-3 010 $a1-136-97829-1 010 $a1-282-62970-0 010 $a9786612629709 010 $a0-203-85267-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203852675 035 $a(CKB)2560000000010034 035 $a(EBL)534181 035 $a(OCoLC)642661603 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416443 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11306717 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416443 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10421337 035 $a(PQKB)10541517 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534181 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534181 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394386 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL262970 035 $a(OCoLC)649441725 035 $a(PPN)175860718 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000010034 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe economics of the multilingual workplace /$fFrancois Grin, Claudio Sfreddo and Francois Vaillancourt 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in sociolinguistics ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-85106-8 311 $a0-415-80018-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Economic Perspective on Multilingualism; 1 Language at Work: Identifying the Issue; 2 On the Linguistics of the Economy v. the Economics of Language; 3 A Gallery of Empirical Findings; 4 Foreign Language Skills and Earnings; Part II: Foreign Language Skills, Foreign Language Use, and Production; 5 Language Use and the Production Process; 6 From Theory to Measurement; 7 The Contribution of Multilingualism to Value Creation; 8 Foreign Language Skills and Hiring Strategies 327 $aPart III: Policy Implications and Future Prospects9 Policy Implications; 10 Multilingualism at Work: A Prospective Glance; Appendix I: Language-Augmented Production Model; Appendix II: Estimation Procedure and Results; Appendix III: A Simple Recruitment Model; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index 330 $aThis book proposes a path-breaking study of the economics of multilingualism at work, proposing a systematic approach to the identification and measurement of the ways in which language skills and economic performance are related.Using the instruments of economic investigation, but also explicitly relating the analysis to the approaches to multilingualism at work developed in the language sciences, this interdisciplinary book proposes a systematic, step-by-step exploration of the issue. Starting from a general identification of the linkages between multilingualism and processe 410 0$aRoutledge studies in sociolinguistics ;$v2. 606 $aMultilingualism$xEconomic aspects 606 $aDiversity in the workplace 606 $aSociolinguistics 615 0$aMultilingualism$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aDiversity in the workplace. 615 0$aSociolinguistics. 676 $a306.44/6 700 $aGrin$b Francois.$0848159 701 $aSfreddo$b Claudio$0848160 701 $aVaillancourt$b Francois$0141688 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791125803321 996 $aThe economics of the multilingual workplace$93754638 997 $aUNINA