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Linguistic Diversity as a Challenge for Street-Level Bureaucrats in a Monolingually-Oriented Organisation
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Abstract Migration-induced diversity has led to the global emergence of multilingual life worlds in which language regimes are particularly intertwined with labour markets. Thus, state institutions such as national unemployment services must fulfil a special role in society. In a qualitative research project... mehr
Migration-induced diversity has led to the global emergence of multilingual life worlds in which language regimes are particularly intertwined with labour markets. Thus, state institutions such as national unemployment services must fulfil a special role in society. In a qualitative research project (2019–2021), we interviewed employees at the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) at multiple organisational levels. The results demonstrate diverging and (apparently) contradicting approaches and strategies throughout the organisation concerning the appropriateness of using German exclusively during interactions with clients. This is illustrated along a continuum, ranging from a reflective, critical approach towards linguistic diversity that is at least partly based on ideas promoting the value of multilingualism to frequently encountered notions of the need for monolingualism. Such a framework must be understood by considering the coexistence of diverging ideas and ideologies surrounding multilingualism, as well as a neoliberal working context characterised by new public management and activation policy.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Migration; Mehrsprachigkeit; berufliche Integration; Sprachgebrauch; Arbeitsamt; Österreich; deutsche Sprache; Integration; Diskriminierung
Klassifikation
Migration
Freie Schlagwörter
communication; labour-market integration; language regimes; language-based discrimination; linguistic diversity; public employment service; social security; street-level bureaucracy
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 24-34
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Inclusion, 9 (2021) 1
Heftthema
Social Inclusion and Multilingualism: The Impact of Linguistic Justice, Economy of Language and Language Policy
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)