HomeMary VIGIER - Emeritus Professor of Management
Mary VIGIER is Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Management and Interpersonal Communication. Her research interests include international management, the management of multicultural teams, linguistic diversity and the internationalisation of management training. She has recently published in international journals such as Cross-Cultural & Strategic Management, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, Critical Perspectives on International Business, and Higher Education. She is currently Secretary General of the academic association GEM&L (Groupe d’Etudes en Management et Langage).
Biography
In brief
Teaching areas
- Change management
- Management
- Organisational behaviour
- Dissertation methodology
- Personal development
- Personal branding
Research topics
- Researcher at CleRMa, Clermont Research Management | AMPHI Axis, Alter Management Human Potential, Innovation
- Dynamics of multicultural and multilingual teams
Internationalisation of management training
Cultural and linguistic diversity
Responsibilities
- Emeritus Professor of Management
- Academic Advisor South Africa, Canada, Ireland, Scandinavia, UK, US, Vietnam
Education
- Ph.D University of Warwick, England, 2014
Professional experience
Since 2021: Emeritus Professor in Management
2015 – 2021: Head of the International Business Specialisation of the Bachelor Programme
2010 – 2013: Clermont School of Business – Head of Languages and Cultures Department
1999 – 2010 : Clermont School of Business – Head of Business English Department
Wilmot, N. V., Vigier, M., Humonen, K. (2023). Language as a source of otherness. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 1-22.
Vigier M., 2018. The interplay of rules, asymmetries in language fluency, and team dynamics in culturally-diverse teams: Case study insights. Special issue on “Intercultural Conflict and Collaboration”, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, vol.25, Issue 1.
Vigier M., Spencer-Oatey H., 2017. Code-switching in newly-formed multinational project teams: Challenges, strategies and effects. Special issue on “Language in Global Management and Business, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, vol. 17, Issue 1.
Vigier M., Le Floch N. S, 2011. Promoting cultural awareness in an international business program through foreign language communication. Global Business Languages, vol. 16.
Bryant M., Karney D., Vigier M., 2010. What can happen when business and language faculty cooperate across an ocean? American Journal of Business Education, vol. 3, n°11.
Professional and newspaper articles
Vigier M., 2019, Comment manager une équipe multiculturelle au regard des différences linguistiques ?MagRH.
Papers in academic conferences
Church-Morel A., Vigier M., Louzir-Ben-Hassine A. (2024), Responsibility and Language-Sensitive Management: Heuristics for the Anthropocene Era, GEM&L International Conference, Varsovie, 22-24 mai
CHURCH-MOREL, A., VIGIER, M., BEN HASSINE LOUZIR, A., SACCO, S. J. (2023). Workplace Langage dynamics in the highly multilingual contexts of Tunisia, Senegal, and Mauritania: groundwork for future research”, 16th GEM&L International Conference on Management & Language on the theme of:”Language-sensitive research in IB and management: Current perspectives on societal challenges”. IEEE-ISIT, Arcueil, 25-30 juin
Vigier M., 2019. Language and other factors of diversity in multicultural student teams: Which differences make a difference – and what are we do to do about it? 9èmeConférence ATLAS AFMIL, 17-19 June, Fribourg, Suisse.
Vigier M., 2019. Translating English language challenges into a productive learning climate: Perceptions from undergraduate students within an international business program. GEM&L Conference, 4-5 June, Sheffield, UK.
Vigier M., Spencer-Oatey H., 2018. Language-fluency attributes, faultlines, and the composition of culturally-diverse project teams : implications for human-resource managers. 3ème Workshop Human Capital and Global Performance, 14-15 juin, Bordeaux. (Best Paper Award).
Vigier M., Bryant M., 2018. The meaning and impact of business school faculty language competency on nternationalization : Insights from a case study in France. 12ème Colloque international du GEM&L, 22-23 mai, Paris.
Vigier M., 2017. Strategies for managing language challenges in multicultural team interactions: The impact of diversity in fluency levels. 11th GEM&L International Workshop on Management & Language, July, 4-5, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vigier M, 2015. What did we learn? Post-PhD reflections. Centre for Applied Linguistics Doctoral Alumni Day, PANEL: Life beyond the doctorate, Ramphal building. June 24, University of Warwick, England. (Via video-conferencing).
Vigier M., 2015. Code-switching in newly-formed multinational teams: Challenges, strategies and effects. 9th GEM&L International Workshop, June 11-12, Helsinki, Finland.
Vigier M., 2013. Managing interactive processes in multicultural teams. 16th Warwick International Postgraduate Research Conference in Applied Linguistics, Université de Warwick, June 25-26, Warwick, England.
Vigier M. 2012. Is culture an issue in multicultural teams? 15th Warwick International Postgraduate Research Conference in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, June 26-27, Warwick, England.
Kassis-Henderson J., Lecompte P., Vigier M., 2011. Reshaping language teaching and intercultural communication training in business education by focusing on corporate needs. 10th Conference on Languages & International Business Communication, October 28, Berlin, Germany.
Vigier M., 2011. Building Global Teams: The Interplay of Language and Trust. Working and Communicating Across Cultures (WACC) Research Workshop, University of Warwick, mars Warwick, England.
Vigier M., 2011. The language factor in building global teams. 2011 CIBER Business Language Conference – Bringing Languages and Business Together: New Directions for a Critical Need, University of South Carolina CIBER, March 23-25, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Vigier M., 2011. Language and communication in multicultural teams. 14th Warwick International Postgraduate Research Conference in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, June 28-29, Warwick, England.
Kassis-Henderson J., Lecomte P., Vigier M., 2010. How does language teaching in business education contribute to professionalizing the curriculum? International Conference on Language in Business Education, University College Brussel, June 24-26, Brussels, Belgium.
Vigier M., 2010. Promoting intercultural competence in the business language classroom. 2010 CIBER Business Language Conference – Global Literacies: Integrated Approaches to Cross-Cultural Training, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Lauder CIBER, The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and Intercultural Studies, March 24-26, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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