Overcoming Workplace Communication Barriers: Insights on Linguistic Challenges in the Canadian Business Environment

Running head: WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION BARRIERS
WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION BARRIERS
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The following paper attempts a discussion on the several barriers that are present in the
Canadian business environment. The major communicational issues that are faced by the people
working in the Canadian business environment is the barrier to the language that is used to the
context of the business activities that have been taking place in Canada.
The major barriers that are found within the major business environments refer to the
interpersonal communication among the employees as well as the communication among the
members who have been serving at the different hierarchical levels within the organization. The
organizations further face communication issues while interacting among the various
departments within the same organization. The Canadian business environment faces these issues
majorly due to the existence of a multicultural state and thus is known to have been a melting pot
for the people who belong to different cultures (Kelman, 2018). This affects the linguistic factor
within the communication as well. The people who have been belonging to different linguistic
groups tend to deal with the difficulties in the mode of communication as is faced by the people
involved in the several business organizations.
The linguistic barriers that are present within the Canadian workplace behavior tends to
be raised from the difference raised due to the linguistic backgrounds that the concerned
employees belong to. These issues that are present within the internal communications within the
organizations featuring within the Canadian business environment. The linguistic issues that are
faced by the workplaces have been known to have been affecting the productivity as well as the
proper functioning of the concerned business organization. The employers within the various
organizations tend to implement the factors like using different languages to communicate
effectively with certain employees who have been belonging to the different linguistic
backgrounds (Schwei et al., 2016). The Quebec employees, for example need to be