TY - JOUR A1 - Fleischmann, Carolin A1 - Folter, Laura-Christiane A1 - Aritz, Jolanta T1 - The Impact of Perceived Foreign Language Proficiency on Hybrid Team Culture T2 - International Journal of Business Communication N2 - This study examines the impact of perceived foreign language proficiency on hybrid culture building in multicultural teams. Hybrid culture includes a mutually shared set of norms, communication patterns, problem-solving approaches, and synergistic task coordination that result from the diverse cultural backgrounds of the team members. Language is the main vehicle for communication and plays a major role in social interaction and therefore hybrid culture building. We argue that the level of perceived language proficiency of multicultural team members influences hybrid culture building; consequently, adequate language skills lead not only to an efficient task solution but are also an important factor in creating interpersonal relationships and building a shared culture. Our empirical analysis supports the positive influence of language proficiency in hybrid teams; however, foreign language proficiency is more influential on cognitively oriented areas of multicultural teamwork than on affective ones. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-rosenheim/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1944 VL - 57 IS - 4 SP - 497 EP - 516 ER -