The Role Of Language In The Construction Of Professional Identity Among Non-Native English Speakers In Global Workplaces

Abstract

Purpose: The study mainly focuses on finding out the importance of language knowledge and fluency in English speaking for establishing the organisational position of an individual bearing non-native background regarding English speaking.

Methods: This study conducts the primary quantitative data analysis with 101 participants of non-native English background of the conduction of this survey.

Results: The study has shown that almost 30.67% of participants belonging to the age group of 21 to 30 have shown their interest mostly in responding to the questions. Among these people, the highest participation is seen from the participants bearing a work experience of 5 to 10 years, and their percentage is 29.71%. Moreover, it is seen that almost similarly both male and female participants participated. The main dependency of the variable Career growth and professional construction is found against the variable Language Knowledge and the correlation index value is found to be 0.643 which denotes a comparatively high dependency. Moreover, the highly changing values of Standard deviation show the opinion-based differences present among the organisational employees that have acted as the respondents. On the other hand, the correlation coefficient value is found to be 0.755 which is typically high and shows that the average correlative index value is higher, denoting the interdependency of variables.

Findings: Findings show that despite English language knowledge having a high importance in the speaking style of non-native English speakers that is not the ultimate. The influence of mother tongue dialect impact insignificantly upon the speaking style and continual practice drives them towards a better speaking ability. The most important factor regarding speaking ability is their interest in communication which helps in enhancing their professional construction.