All Outputs (3)

Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector. (2013)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2013). Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector. Scottish Languages Review, 26, 3-12

This article investigates the employers' preferences when hiring graduates to work in the financial services sector in Edinburgh. It is based on five in-depth semi-structured interviews with managers in the sector. The findings show that a global men... Read More about Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector..

Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters. (2013)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2013). Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters. China media research, 9, 45

Until recently Anglophone business research into the issues surrounding the costs of and barriers to internationalisation has focused on cultural barriers and their potential for conflict and misunderstanding. Most of this research assumes that, as E... Read More about Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters..

Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia. (2013)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2013). Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia. In Medieval Mobilities: From Scandinavia to the Slavic Lands. Brepols

This article aims to show how the Teutonic Order exploited the cult of pilgrimage and traditional crusading appeals to position Prussia as a locus for crusade. In order to justify diverting crusaders to north-eastern Europe it was necessary to show t... Read More about Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia..