Language as a resource for ethnic and cultural identity: experience of Latvian expats in Sweden

The aim of this article is to investigate the experience and significance of the use and preservation of Latvian for native language maintenance, national culture and identity in the Nordic countries. This has been done by analysing native (heritage) language as a resource for ethnic and culture identity. The aim of the article is to ascertain the language situation in the diaspora, explore practices and perspectives regarding the sustaining of Latvian language and ethnic culture. From the theoretical point of view, the data is approached with reference to P. Bourdieu`s view on language skills as linguistic capital, a form of culture capital. The paper uses a combination of both quantitative survey and in-depth interviews with Latvian emigrants, especially those in the Nordic countries.

Auto makers and radical innovation: culture, capital and talent form road blocks

Purpose This paper aims to investigate car manufacturers’ constraints to innovate radically. Design/methodology/approach Automotive case study. Findings First, cultural constraints hold them back, for example, reflected in legacy power structures and failure aversion. Second, car manufacturers face cash constraints as they have to exploit their core business while exploring potential future profit pools. Third, talent gaps in digital and some non-digital areas are a challenge for incumbents while competing with digital-native firms such as Tesla. Originality/value This paper elevates a fragmented literature strand on constraints to innovate.

Monolingual Development in Bilingual Family: Exploring Parental Language Policy within Family Domain

The existence of three possible languages within intermarriage family, for example Javanese and Sasaknese from their parents and Indonesian from their surrounding should have led children become bilingual in nature. However, the reversed condition is prevailing where the use of Indonesian is predominantly used. This research locates three different aspects of family language policy namely language ideology, language management and language practice. This research aims at finding out why parents of intermarriage family incline the use of one language within family domain. This research employed qualitative data in order to understand and interpret family language behaviour and uses multi staged purposive sampling. The sample was four of immigrant mothers and four of Sasak mothers. The result showed the tendency to use indonesian in a family domain is due to habitus which leads to culture capital and symbolic capital.