The Impact of Using Many Jargon Words, while Communicating with the Organization Employees

Patoko, Ngueviuta; Yazdanifard, Rashad

doi:10.4236/ajibm.2014.410061

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“…Additionally, only 3.3% of the employers perceive the use of jargon and slang as of little importance compared to a relatively high 18.2% of the students, which is also significantly different (p = .005). Our results, which are in line with Patoko and Yazdanifard's (2014), show that the employers seek to ensure professional and efficient communication and are aware that unprofessionalism and consequently miscommunication may be detrimental to organizational success. Furthermore, a potential correlation of the use of the standard Croatian language and jargon and slang intrigued us so we ran a test to examine it.…”

Section: Speaking Skillssupporting

confidence: 87%

“…In a similar fashion, only 26.7% of the students think that it is absolutely essential for employees to use a formal structure and fewer jargon and slang words when writing e-mails compared to 60% of the employers, which is a significantly different opinion (χ(1) = 16.72, p = .000). These results point to the employers being more demanding of strict professionalism than the students are aware of thus corroborating Stevens' (2005) and Patoko and Yazdanifard's (2014) results.…”

Section: Writing Skillssupporting

confidence: 79%

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“…For the sake of understanding the actions and intentions of managers, clarity is specifically beneficial for employees to be able to decode and interpret received information (e.g., Carson et al, 2003;Quaak et al, 2007). Thus, clarity is based on the notion that industry jargon (Patoko and Yazdanifard, 2014;Nicolaou and McKnight, 2006), foreign languages (Larsson et al, 1998), and complicated mathematical notations or small print (Granados et al, 2010) can lower the quality of information to the point that it is potentially rendered meaningless. Recognizing the importance of this dimension, Daft and Lengel (1986) have asserted that a major problem for managers is a lack of informational clarity rather than a lack of sheer data.…”

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The Impact of Using Many Jargon Words, while Communicating with the Organization Employees

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Comparison of Employers’ and Students’ Perceptions Regarding Communication Skills

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